Public policy and morality in trade marks: Gauging badness Advanced
Trade marks that shock are attractive to business, particularly when targeting a younger public. Yet that attractiveness can be antagonistic to the EUIPO’s task of preventing trade mark registration of signs that offend societal norms, principles and values. So just how reprehensible can a sign be before it will be denied registration at the EUIPO? With on-going efforts for convergence in...
Absolute Grounds Examination: General principles Advanced
The examination based Absolute Grounds (AG) for refusal is one of the steps that a trade mark application must go through to be registered as an EU trade mark.With this introduction course you will become familiar with the basics of AG examination, including the registration process of an EU trade mark and the general principles governing AG examination. If you are starting your career as tra...
Understanding the EUIPO’s practice regarding deceptive trade marks and its position on EU labelling rules: the case of plant-based food substitutes Intermediate
This webinar will review the EUIPO’s practice regarding deceptive trade marks in line with Article 7(1)(g) EUTMR. It will highlight the changes introduced in the 2023 edition of the EUIPO’s examination guidelines for EU trade marks and discuss the role of EU labelling rules in EUIPO practice. The topics will be illustrated with examples of applications linked to the booming market for plant-...
AG examination: Holograms Advanced
This short course will help you understand how an application for a hologram mark is examined based on Absolute Grounds for refusal. If you are an examiner, you will be able to assess marks under this category in compliance with the regulations and to draft well-founded objection letters for this type of trade mark. If you are a trade mark applicant or legal representative, you will be able to...
The good and bad side of drugs: accepted principles of morality under Article 7(1)(f) EUTMR Intermediate
Cocaine, heroin, LSD, cannabis, alcohol, pharmaceuticals, tobacco, … all of these are drugs, some are hard drugs some soft drugs, some are legal some not, some of them can be accepted for registration as European Union trade marks and some cannot, depending on several factors. Thanks to this webinar you will: learn about the EUIPO practice related to the acceptance or refusal of marks that i...
AG examination: Motion marks Advanced
This short course will help you understand how an application for a motion mark is examined based on Absolute Grounds for refusal. If you are an examiner, you will be able to assess marks under this category in compliance with the regulations and to draft well-founded objection letters for this type of trade mark. If you are a trade mark applicant or legal representative, you will be able to a...
AG examination: Combination of words Advanced
This short course will help you understand how a trade mark application for a combination of words is examined based on Absolute Grounds for refusal. If you are an examiner, you will be able to assess marks that include combinations of words in compliance with the regulations and to draft well-founded objection letters for this type of trade mark. If you are a trade mark applicant or legal rep...
AG examination: City or country name with year Advanced
This short course will help you understand how an application for a trade mark including the name of a city or a country combined with a year is examined based on Absolute Grounds for refusal. If you are an examiner, you will be able to assess marks that include a city or country name with a year in compliance with the regulations and to draft well-founded objection letters for this type of t...
AG examination: Multimedia marks Advanced
This short course will help you understand how an application for a multimedia mark is examined based on Absolute Grounds for refusal. If you are an examiner, you will be able to assess marks under this category in compliance with the regulations and to draft well-founded objection letters for this type of trade mark. If you are a trade mark applicant or legal representative, you will be able ...
Registrability of slogans at the EUIPO Advanced
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