Brands Update — spring 2013
This issue of Taylor Wessing’s Brands Update contains recent important cases from the UK, French, German and Community tribunals on registrability of trade marks and infringement.
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Contents
- Discovery make history (well, sort of…)
- Climbing every mountain
- The Board of Appeal gives Kit Kat a break
- AdWords again
- Spelling it out
- Omega counting time
- Interflora v M&S: latest developments
- Spanish copyright in Tony Montana cancels CTM registration
- Revive another’s old brand at your peril
- Can can (not)
- The latest drama for Royal Shakespeare
- Hotel Cipriani — the saga continues
- What registered trade marks are you using?
- Customs Regulation update
- Metro hits gold
- Fit for purpose
- Pelikan crossing
- Gigabyte more than it could chew!
- Registered trade mark is no defence
- Updates
News from Taylor Wessing
Taylor Wessing advises Mediaquest on acquisition of two business websites
Taylor Wessing advises iCITY and Infinity in landmark Olympic legacy deal
Taylor Wessing's GIPI team introduces intellectual property survey
Taylor Wessing appoints Sanjvee Shah to its private client practice
Mark Owen joins Taylor Wessing's international TMT group
News from The Lawyer
Taylor Wessing to put 96 secretarial roles in redundancy consultation
First batch of financials spin promising story for UK firms
Taylor Wessing revenue rises 7 per cent following international add-ons
Speechly Bircham and Withers merger vote just days away
Is it you? The Lawyer Awards shortlist unveiled
Briefings from Taylor Wessing
Social media in the pharmaceutical sector
A recent survey of sales and marketing executives at large pharmaceutical companies shows that one in four interactions with doctors, healthcare providers and patients in the US is now digital.
The new technology transfer block exemption
The existing technology transfer block exemption is to expire on 30 April 2014. It will be replaced by a new regulation, the period of consultation for which ended on 17 May 2013.
Analysis from The Lawyer
Crunch boom
Financial disputes are starting to dominate the English courts as the long-awaited fallout from the downturn finally comes to town
Patent by numbers
A single patent court system for Europe and the high-profile ‘phone wars’ are putting IP at the heart of clients’ business strategies
