Decision of ECJ Case C 371/18, Sky and Others
The EUIPO has welcomed the decision of the Court of Justice of 29 January 2020, in Case C‑371/18, Sky and Others, in the context of a request for a preliminary ruling.
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Evaluation of EU legislation on design protection
The European Commission’s stakeholder consultation to gather evidence and views on the current EU legislation on design protection is open for submissions until 31 March.
...Closure of the Swedish Criminal Case related to Scamming
On 4 April 2018, the Supreme Court of Sweden (Högsta domstolen) refused leave to appeal against the Svea Court of Appeal's judgment dated 20 December 2017 in case B 6403-16.
...Trade mark reform – Entry into force of ‘replacement’ Delegated and Implementing regulations
Today 14 May, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/626 enter into force. Both acts are the same as the legislation that they repeal (EU 2017/1430 and EU 2017/1431, respectively) but the new acts cross refer to the new codified EUTMR (EU) 2017/1001 and they contain some stylistic changes.
...Trade mark reform – Adoption of replacement Delegated and Implementing regulations
On 5th March 2018, the European Commission adopted the new secondary legislation package for the EU trade mark comprising Delegated Regulation C(2018)1231 and Implementing Regulation C(2018)1225.
...Summary judgement on fraudulent invoices case: Sweden
On 20 December 2017, the Court of Appeal in Stockholm handed down a judgement in a criminal case against fraudsters who had sent misleading invoices to EUTM owners under the letterhead “OMIH.”
...Trade mark reform – Implementing and Delegated regulations published
The Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1431 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the European Union trade mark and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1430 supplementing Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the European Union trade mark and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 2868/95 and (EC) No 216/96 were published today in the Official Journal of the European Union.
...Codified version of EU trade mark regulation published
Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark, codifying Council Regulation (EC) 207/2009, has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
...2016 case-law overview: from the General Court and Court of Justice
The Legal Practice Service of EUIPO has prepared an overview of case-law from the General Court (GC) and Court of Justice (CJ) in Luxembourg on trade mark and design matters.
...Swedish court finds five guilty in fraudulent trade mark invoice case
On June 23, 2016, the District Court in Uppsala, Sweden, found five individuals guilty of attempted aggravated fraud, aiding and abetting attempted aggravated fraud and attempted fraud in connection with the issuing of fraudulent invoices.
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