Reports of Trade Mark Cases for CIPA - May 2018

Published

May 20 2018

Written By

Henry Elliott

Legal Director
UK

Emma Green

Partner
UK

Aaron Hetherington

Associate
UK

Ciara Hughes

Associate
UK

Mark Livsey

Legal Director
UK

Robert Milligan

Senior Associate
UK

Louise O'Hara

Senior Associate
UK

Charlotte Peacock

Senior Associate
UK

Rebekah Sellars

Senior Associate
UK

Katharine Stephens

Partner
UK

Practices

Intellectual Property

Sectors

Luxury, Fashion & Retail

Countries

This month we report on Advocate-General Szpunar's Opinion on whether the shape exclusion in Article 3(1)(e)(iii) is applicable to non-three dimensional properties such as colour and shape (Christian Louboutin v Van Haren Schoenen). We also report on the decision in Henry Martinez v Prick Me Baby One More Time Ltd regarding consumer confusion between two marks featuring the word PRICK.

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