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No trademark protection for LEGO blocks
(BGH 16.7.2009, I ZR 53/0)
Under § 3 para. 1 MarkenG (Trademark Act), trademark protection is not limited to words but also extends to three-dimensional designs. In this context the German Patent and Trademark Office registered the LEGO block with its typical arrangement... » Read more
August 4, 2009 | Schollmeyer & Rickert - Trademarks (Issue 03/09)
Limits of the “core theory” for misspelled domains
Hanseatic Regional Appeals Court, Hamburg, ruling of 08.01.2009, Az.: 5 W 01/09
In the instant case, the Hamburg Regional Appeals Court had to rule on a special appeal, after the lower court, the Hamburg Regional Court, had rejected an application for an administrative... » Read more
May 20, 2009 | Schollmeyer & Rickert - Trademarks (Issue 01/09)
EU trademark protection available much more cheaply
The EU Commission and EU member states have decided to reduce the fees of the EU trademark office (Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market, OHIM) in Alicante, Spain, and to simplify the registration procedure. The Commission’s regulation (EC) No. 355/2009 of 31 March 2009... » Read more
May 20, 2009 | Schollmeyer & Rickert - Trademarks (Issue 01/09)