Reports of Trade Mark Cases for CIPA - May 2019

In this month's report, we look at the UK High Court's recent guidance to the Intellectual Property Office on bad faith applications in Trump International Ltd v DTTM Operations LLC [2019] EWHC 769 (Ch).

We also analyse the decision of the General Court in its assessment of whether a sign consisted exclusively of a shape which was necessary to obtain a technical result under Article 7(1)(e)(ii) in Pirelli Tyre SpA v EUIPO; The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd T-447/16.

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