Paul Steinhauser

Content from this author

• NUTRIFEM AGNUBALANCE collides with NUTRIBEN - but not for all goods
• Application for WOOD STEP LAMINATE FLOORING does not survive opposition based on earlier STEP mark
• Škoda v Škoda: limited scope of an opposition in the context of an appeal before the Board of Appeal
• General Court: Framery’s mobile workspace lacks individual character in view of state of the art
• General Court provides guidance on bad faith in TORNADO case
• Sky partly successful in invalidity proceedings against SKYLIFE
• NAPAPIJRI position mark protected by Brussels court
• FAKE DUCK v SAVE THE DUCK: it takes two separate tests to assess the likelihood of confusion
• General Court: Board of Appeal erred in finding likelihood of confusion between CORNEREYE and BACKEYE
• Benelux Court of Justice considers whether work of art may contain well-known trademark
• Defensive trademark registrations: the adidas and Mastercard cases
• Unjustified refusal to suspend opposition against ALTUS
• Bacardi’s application for 42 BELOW sunk by non-registered national trademark

• Pharmaceutical trademarks
• Non-traditional trademarks
• Trademark enforcement
• Trademark prosecution and registration strategies
• Internet issues
• Protection of unregistered trademarks and other commercial signs
• Anti-counterfeiting
• Well-known and famous trademarks
• Advertising
• Domain name management
• Benelux approach to non-traditional marks
• Benelux
  Featured in World Trademark Review Yearbook 2006