Reports of Trade Mark Cases for CIPA February 2020

Published

Feb 28 2020

Written By

Henry Elliott

Legal Director
UK

Thomas Hooper

Senior Associate
UK

Robert Milligan

Senior Associate
UK

Louise O'Hara

Senior Associate
UK

Katharine Stephens

Partner
UK

Katie Tyndall

Associate
UK

Matthew Vance

Senior Associate
UK

Practices

Trade Marks & Brands

Regions

Western Europe

In this month's report, we look at the long awaited CJEU decision on the validity of broad trade mark specifications in Sky plc & ors v SkyKick UK Ltd & anr (Case C-371/18). We also look at Hacon's J's judgment on the invalidation of the three dimensional 'Babybel' shape mark registration in Fromageries Bel SA v J Sainsbury plc* (Hacon J; [2019] EWHC 3454 (Ch))

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