Intellectual Property Expert Group
Intellectual Property Expert Group
On October 20, 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union, Europe’s final authority on Community design law, rendered its long-awaited decision in PepsiCo v OHIM – Grupo Promer (Case C-281/10 P) with the central issue being the manner…
In Brüstle v Greenpeace dated October 18, 2011 the EU Court of Justice decided on a referral by the German Federal Supreme Court in a nullity appeal proceedings with respect to a patent of the stem cell researcher Professor Brüstle.…
On March 8, 2011 the highest EU Court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) gave its ruling on the draft EU Patent Court or EEUPC. It does not look good at all, as the court concludes: “The envisaged agreement creating…
Just one year after the German Federal Court (BGH) ruled about the trade mark claims by LEGO for its building bricks, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) in its judgment of this week picks up a similar argument to finally…