by manuel.roche | Sep 29, 2017 | All, Trademarks
“Signs or names which may serve to designate a characteristic of the goods or services covered by the trade mark are devoid of any distinctive character; (…) It is irrelevant whether the characteristics of the goods or services which may be the subject of the...
by manuel.roche | Sep 22, 2017 | All, Trademarks
A non-profit association that revives a mark for cars and provides spare parts to collectors does not make a genuine use of such mark. This is what the Cour de cassation, the Highest civil Court in France, decided in a case dealing about the French mark for...