by manuel.roche | Dec 26, 2013 | All, Internet, Trademarks
In an overcrowded web and a very competitive e-commerce retail market, search engines optimization is one of the cornerstones of success. Due to the recent changes to Google’s algorithm, there are fewer incentives to use descriptive names. During several years...
by manuel.roche | Dec 21, 2013 | All, Copyright, Designs
Invalidity proceedings of a Community design filed before the OHIM can be based on absolute grounds (when the design does not fulfil the requirements of validity) or on relative grounds (in case of an infringement of prior rights). According to the Regulation on...
by manuel.roche | Dec 16, 2013 | All, Copyright, Designs, Patents, Trademarks
In October 2007, France adopted a very important law to fight against counterfeit products and the infringement of intellectual and industrial property rights. This law was the French transposition of Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council...
by manuel.roche | Nov 30, 2013 | All, Trademarks
The IP TRANSLATOR case still has very concrete consequences in connection with the scope of protection of trademarks. Last June, we commented on OHIM and national trademark offices of E.U. Member States trying and harmonizing their interpretation relating to...
by manuel.roche | Nov 26, 2013 | All, Patents
Very often in patent infringement lawsuits, the defendant files a cancellation action against the allegedly infringed patent as a counterclaim, even before trying and demonstrating he did not infringe the patent. But however frequent such counterclaims may be, they...
