The decision clarifies the factors to be considered when determining whether a product amounts to a component part of a complex product under the regulation.

Relying heavily on Electra, the Second Circuit affirmed the denial of a Lanham Act claim arising from the unauthorised use of photographs of professional models to promote a gentlemen’s club.

To benefit from the reduction, the applicants must own a valid registration or re-registration certificate in the Register of Micro and Small Enterprises.

Trademark owners should think very carefully before filing a UDRP complaint when the domain name at issue was registered before their trademark.

In a blow to Italian fashion company Moncler SpA, the JPO found that there was no likelihood of confusion between the Moncler logo outline and a mark consisting of the word ‘CONOMI’ with a ‘C’ logo and encircling outline.

Belize is now the fourth English-speaking jurisdiction in the region to join the Madrid System.

Importantly for IP rights owners, the law now stipulates that remedies such as removal from circulation and destruction of counterfeit goods must be carried out at the infringer’s expense.

The treaty ensures security and protection for investors from both countries and explicitly encompasses the safeguarding of IP rights.

As the complainants’ claim that they had used the mark at issue since 2019 was central to their case, one would have expected them to tender far more actual evidence than a single quotation.

Notably, the time limit to file an application for a related design has been extended from one year to three years of the filing date of the application for the principal design.