Zombie trade marks: a refleshing update
Zombie trade marks take shape in many spooky forms. They are the abandoned, historic brands: the trade marks of businesses which are no longer actively trading. To the untrained eye, they can appear lifeless, but look a little closer, and there may still be a soul lurking behind the eyes.
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Does an overly-wide trade mark specification indicate bad faith?
TRUMP TV ON APPEAL TO HIGH COURTUKIPO decision number O-409-18Trade mark application no. 3193965 TRUMP TV in the name of Trump International Limited and opposition
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Have a break, Nestlé!
The European Court of Justice (ECJ, the highest EU court) decided that Nestlé (owner of the KitKat brand), has not shown the below shape has acquired distinctiveness in the European Union, for the purpose of keeping its trade mark registration
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