In an amicus brief filed before the Grand Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office, INTA proposes that the ground of refusal/invalidity of a mark should apply only if the majority of the relevant public perceives the content of a mark as violating the accepted principles of morality.
INTA submitted a dozen amicus briefs in Europe on various trademark and design law matters during the 2020‒2021 Committee Term weighing in on an unrivaled number of cases.
INTA filed an amicus brief with the Court of Justice of the European Union in a case concerning a design for a component part of a complex product. The case raises the question of how the “visibility” requirement in EU design law is to be interpreted in relation to such component parts.
Published: April 7, 2021
Marina Perraki Tsibanoulis & Partners Law Firm Athina, Greece Chair, International Amicus Committee Europe Amicus Subcommittee
INTA filed an amicus brief, as third-party observers, before the Grand Board of Appeal (GBoA) of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) on April 1 in a case concerning similarity or dissimilarity of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Case R 964/2020-4, EUROMADI IBERICA, S.A./ Zorka Gerdzhikova.
In case R 1720/2017-G,
Iceberg, January 21, 2019, the GBoA ruled that “mineral water and aerated water; non-alcoholic beverages; fruit beverages and fruit juices” were dissimilar to vodka. However, at least one diverging decision followed: in its decision