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Judgment of the LG Hamburg from July 19, 2024 – Az.: 327 O 195/23 If you want to protect your trademark, you shouldn’t wait
...Judgment of LG Frankfurt – case nos. 2-06 O 532/23 and 2-06 O 533/23 In a ruling from September 19, 2023, delivered in response to
...Registering a trademark makes it illegal for third parties to make unauthorized use of the mark. Its proprietor is thus able to protect themselves against
...The European Union’s General Court has ruled in a judgment from May 24, 2023, that the word “Emmentaler” cannot be protected as a trademark for
...The term Emmentaler cannot be protected as a trademark for cheese from Switzerland. This was decided by the General Court of the European Union in
...In a judgment dated February 9, 2023, the Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Braunschweig held that the use of a third party’s trademark in keyword
...An additional “E” does not provide sufficient distinctiveness in trademark law. This was clearly demonstrated by the Munich Regional Court in its ruling of January
...The sequence Biomarkt cannot be registered as a Union trademark. The General Court of the European Union (GCEU) decided this with a judgment on July
...Shades of color can enjoy trademark protection. The OLG Munich also confirmed this for the golden shade of the packaging of chocolate bunnies with a
...If registered trademarks are not seriously used, they can lapse. This is also shown by a judgment of the General Court of the European Union
...The figures from a Danish toy manufacturer are trademark protected. The LG Düsseldorf prohibited the sale of very similar figures from China with a judgment
...If the trademark owner tolerates trademark infringements for years, they may lose their right to the protection of the trademark. The ECJ determined this in
...If registered trademarks are not used seriously, they can lapse. This is also demonstrated by a judgment of the General Court of the European Union
...Flip-flop is now the common term for thong sandals. Therefore, according to a decision by the OLG Zweibrücken, the corresponding trademark must be deleted (Ref.:
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