Marianna Kull

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• EUIPO refuses to register Burberry pattern for NFT-related goods and services
• Bad faith and invalidity actions: when commercial strategies backfire
• K v K K WATER: General Court confirms that single-letter trademarks benefit from limited protection
• Duck fight: when reputation comes to the rescue of the ‘risk of confusion’ assessment
• AMSTERDAM POPPERS: when a city’s notoriety renders a trademark descriptive
• DELTATIC v DELTA: trademarks can evolve and conserve their distinctive character
• Moon boots: famous but not distinctive
• General Court reiterates criteria for assessing validity of designs in cheese design case
• 3D trademark misfires: Glock shoots too late and misses target
• Opponent’s prayers are not answered as General Court recognises strength of term ‘amen’
• In the wrong gear: General Court recalls basic principles of likelihood of confusion assessment in VROOM case
• Good news for Allergan as General Court confirms genuine use of JUVEDERM ULTRA in Class 5

• Shoot for the moon (boots) and if you miss, you’ll land… with a non-distinctive mark
• Trademarks can have a makeover without affecting their distinctiveness or genuine use
• Anticipate your divorce (continued): CJEU considers existence of economic link between parties
• General Court maintains strict approach to assessment of distinctive character
• Against the grain? General Court finds that SIR BASMATI RICE is descriptive
• General Court: genuine use may be established if mark as used differs from mark as registered only in insignificant respects
• Opposition Division finds likelihood of confusion between SO DIVINE and SO…? LOVELY
• Blow for Hyundai as Court of Appeal upholds opposition against KONA mark for automobiles
• “Render onto Supreme the things that are Supreme’s”: notoriety of SUPREME benefits its owner
• GOLDEN BALLS v BALLON D’OR: the golden rules of the assessment of reputation
• Anticipate your divorce: General Court considers correct time period for appreciation of risk of confusion