J-curiosity

31

October

2022

Jcuriosity

Halloween

We are approaching Halloween, a magical night with Irish origins, whose universal Halloween symbol is the carved pumpkin with a face. The Halloween pumpkin symbol originated a…

26

August

2022

Jcuriosity

J curiosity - summer edition 2022

From now until the end of July, our J-Curiosity column will be colored by summer.... We will keep you company with some patent or design curiosities to remind those who are still…

10

June

2022

Marchi, Jcases

NUXE vs HANUXE: are the trademarks confusingly similar?

In a decision rendered on May 25, 2022, EUIPO’s Opposition Division reaffirmed the relevance, for the purposes of establishing similarity between the signs, of the fact that the…

20

May

2022

Jcases, Food & Wine

Morellino di Scansano vs Morellone

The First Board of Appeal of EUIPO was recently called to rule on whether PDOs and PGIs consisting of a compound name should receive a protection that is not limited to the name…

17

May

2022

Maradona

On March 21 2022, the Board of Appeal of EUIPO declared null and void the registration of the assignment requested by the company SATTVICA, S.A., licensee of several EU trademarks…

13

May

2022

Jcuriosity

Device for shaping nose

Plastic surgery was not widespread in the early 1900s, before the perfection of anesthesia, because aesthetic affectation was not considered a sufficient reason.

6

May

2022

Jcases

Barbie vs Barrbee

The well-known toy house Mattel owner, among others, of the trademark Barbie, filed an opposition against all the products of the European Union trademark application n. 18333277…

14

April

2022

Jcases

Wonder Woman vs Wonder Mum

When the superpowers are not enough...

1

April

2022

Jcases, Food & Wine

The patronymic trademark in the wine sector

With the sentence no. 25/22 The Board of Appeal of IPTO ruled on appeal no. 7770 denying the coexistence of two patronymic trademarks, even though they differed from each other…