by manuel.roche | May 24, 2013 | All, Trademarks
This month, we have selected European and French case law focusing on the comparison of the signs and the different criteria used by judges and offices to assess whether or not there is a risk of confusion between the marks for the relevant public. Different...
by manuel.roche | May 15, 2013 | All, Patents
The right to initiate judicial proceedings should be implemented with caution because, according to the doctrine of abuse of rights, it is likely to degenerate into an abuse, and then likely to be subject to sanctions by the courts, when it is performed in bad faith....
by manuel.roche | Apr 18, 2013 | All, Internet, Trademarks
Commercial hyperlinks basics For several years now, with the development of the e-commerce, web search engines have been proposing commercial advertising services which consist in generating, in addition to natural search results, alternative commercial results or ads...
by manuel.roche | Apr 15, 2013 | All, Trademarks
Does a composite marks consisting of a company name and a third party’s registered trademark automatically infringe this earlier right even when the reproduced element is not dominant? Community and French courts tend to answer affirmatively when: The reproduced...
by manuel.roche | Mar 28, 2013 | All, Patents
After 30 years of fruitless trying, a new European intellectual property right has been created: the European patent with unitary effect (hereinafter referred to as the unitary patent). It provides for uniform protection throughout the territories of the participating...
