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Generic Trade Marks Intermediate
Words or indications that name a product or service are customary or generic in trade and cannot fulfil the essential function of a trade mark. The next webinar will cover generic trade marks from the perspective of Article 7(1)(d) EUTMR, addressing how these terms are barred from registration, and through Article 58(1)(b) EUTMR, which foresees the possibility of revocation of such signs which may...
How to pass AG examination: insight to the examiner’s check list’ Advanced
The webinar will discuss the process for examining EUTMAs with regards to the absolute grounds for objection (Art. 7 EUTMR), and will highlight some of the important searches that trade mark examiners must do related to those grounds. Speaker: Herbert JOHNSTON - EUIPO - Operations Department
The functionality test in EUTM and RCD proceedings Advanced
The functionality tests for EUTMs and RCDs are key to a balanced intellectual property system serving the internal market. This webinar addresses their principle differences and some selected practical issues. Speaker: Stephan HANNE - EUIPO - International Cooperation and Legal Affairs Department
How to assess evidence of acquired distinctiveness Advanced
The webinar starts with a general overview of the function of Article 7(3) EUTMR within the legal framework of absolute grounds of refusal and its procedural and substantial requirements. The main part focuses on assessing evidence under Article 7(3) EUTMR. It covers the standard of proof, means of evidence, general rules of assessment and common mistakes in the submission of evidence. This is f...
Absolute grounds for refusal - shape of goods (Article 7 EUTMR) Advanced
The webinar focuses on the way distinctiveness of shape marks is being assessed by the Office and presents the main results of the convergence project CP 9 COMMON PRACTICE ON SHAPE MARKS. It also addresses the absolute grounds for refusal under Article 7(1)(e) EUTMR. Speaker: Robert MULAC - Operations Department
Distinctiveness of shape marks - Convergence Programme 9 Intermediate
The Common Practices are Common European guidelines, drafted by all EU Intellectual Property Offices together with the contribution of User Associations. CP9 deals with the challenge of registering a shape mark when the shape itself is non-distinctive. It examines how to overcome, if possible, such an obstacle and how to meet the threshold of distinctiveness. This webinar summarises to...
Training on the Revised ASEAN Trade Mark Guidelines Basic
Series of online training modules that provides Trade Mark officials from each Member State with the latest information on the new revision of the guidelines, the comparison of goods and services, the distinctiveness of three-dimensional marks, and new types of trade marks. ARISEIPR series webinar. Modules: Module 1: Distinctiveness of Three-Dimensional Marks Module 2: New Types of Trade Mar...
Latest Developments in the Protection of Non-traditional Trade Marks Basic
In the first webinar of the webinar series on trade marks, Prof. Irene Calboli from Texas A&M University School of Law discusses the legal context and several aspects of non-traditional trade marks, including the EU Trade Mark Directive and examining procedures of those marks such as taste marks, gesture marks, and multimedia marks. IPKeySEA series webinars. Objective: To dis...
Examination of Non-traditional Trade Marks Basic
EUIPO expert Thom Clark explains the legal framework and the representation of specific types of trade marks at the EUIPO in the second webinar of the webinar series on trade marks. The webinar also includes a Q&A session on the examination of particular kinds of marks. IPKeySEA series webinars Objective: To discuss the new developments in non-traditional or new types of trad...
Measures to Prevent Bad-faith Registrations and Protection of Well-known Trade Marks Basic
Prof. Irene Calboli from Texas A&M University School of Law comes back to the series of webinars on trade marks and explains in the last session how the Paris Convention and the TRIPS Agreement, for example, provide the framework for the protection of trade marks and the prevention of bad-faith registration. IPKeySEA series webinars. Objective: To discuss the new developments...
Refiling of trade marks and bad faith Intermediate
This webinar will analyse the area of refiling of trade marks. It will focus on the case-law that allows trade marks to be refiled, as well as on case-law relating to the refiling of trade marks considered to have been carried out in bad faith.Speaker:Sven STÜRMANN - EUIPO - Boards of Appeal
Digits and numbers: When do they COUNT as trade marks? Intermediate
In this webinar the concept of digits and numbers as trademarks will be analyzed. We shed some light on the conditions of registrability and in particular on the assessment of descriptiveness and distinctive character using invented examples as well as relevant Court decisions. The webinar will be wrapped up with an insight into the national approach in some EU Member States and in the US.Speaker:...
The multifaceted notion of bad faith Intermediate
The concept of bad faith is not defined, delimited or even described in any way in the EU trade mark legislation. Join the webinar to review the specific case-law in order to draw general patterns of bad faith and identity circumstances. Speaker: Arnaud FOLLIARD-MONGUIRAL - Boards of Appeal, EUIPO
AG examination of trade marks that refer to the content of the goods and services Intermediate
A presentation outlining how trade marks may describe the “subject matter” of goods and services as a “characteristic” under Article 7(1)c EUTMR. Considerations concerning absolute grounds examination and relevant case law. Speaker: Richard THEWLIS - EUIPO - Operations Department
Trade mark examination training Basic
Recording of the Trade Mark examination training for examiners. Topics covered practical organisational measures to manage the timeframes of examination (regional and international trademarks), opposition and ownership claim procedures, to build on the practice of splitting the application, and to share practical experience on the assessment of the distinctiveness of a trade mark. The training wi...
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...
Conveying meaning – options and limits for protecting new forms of marks in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute Intermediate
After this webinar you will be aware of the ‘philosophy’ underlying the registration requirements for the new forms of marks (smells and tastes, sound marks, movements, multimedia marks, colour marks, shapes and surfaces and position marks). You will also understand the difficulties that courts and authorities necessarily face when applying the specific rules governing the registration/ex...
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: Slogans Advanced
This short course will help you understand how an application for a slogan is examined based on Absolute Grounds for refusal. If you are an examiner, you will be able to assess slogans 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 avoid common errors ...
AG examination: Simple figurative elements Advanced
This short course will help you understand how an application for a mark consisting of simple figurative elements 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 rep...
AG examination: Common figurative elements Advanced
This short course will help you understand how an application for a mark consisting of common figurative elements 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...