European Court of Justice (ECJ)

Assessment of technical designs (DOCERAM v. CeramTec C395/16)

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Design law (design protection) protects the appearance of a product. Even if the product has no “aesthetic content”, its appearance can be protected. If, on the other hand, the shape is exclusively due to the technical function of the product, there is no Design Protection. The ECJ has now decided how to check whether an […]

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Territorial restriction of the prohibition right in case of language-dependent Risk of Confusion (ECJ C-223/15 – Combit vs Commit)

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The EU trademark is a uniform protection title for the entire territory of the EU. On the one hand, it must fulfill the protection requirements as a whole. In particular, it must be protectable in every relevant language area of the EU. On the other hand, it is infringed or not infringed as a whole.

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