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November 29, 2024

Colour graphic marks: are they sufficiently distinctive?

When applying for a trademark, we often wonder whether it will be considered descriptive, lacking in distinctive character, totally or partially similar to a PDO… and therefore rejected by the corresponding registration office, by incurring an absolute ground for refusal. In the specific case of European trademarks and absolute grounds for refusal, we must turn

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November 20, 2024

Intellectual property on the rise: Asia drives global innovation

The recently published World Intellectual Property Indicators 2024 report by the World Intellectual Property Organization highlights record trends in intellectual property filings worldwide during 2023. Patent applications reached a historic high of 3.55 million, marking a 2.7% increase compared to 2022, driven primarily by Asian countries, which accounted for 68.7% of the global total. China,

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November 14, 2024

EU Member States cannot establish their own material reciprocity clauses to works of applied arts

On the 24th October 2024, the Court of Justice of the EU handed down its Judgement in the Kwantum case (C-227/23), concerning the protection of works of applied art whose country of origin is outside the EU. Vitra is a Swiss company that produces designer furniture, among which is the Dining Sidechair Wood (DSW chair),

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