by manuel.roche | Aug 14, 2013 | All, Copyright
In the movie, the main character played by Owen Wilson says: “The past is not dead! Actually, it’s not even past. You know who said that? Faulkner. And he was right. And I met him, too. I ran into him at a dinner party”. The nine-word sentence was extracted from...
by manuel.roche | Jul 19, 2013 | All, Trademarks
This month, we have selected European and French case law focusing on the comparison of the goods and services and the different criteria, in particular those concerning complementarity, used by judges and offices to assess whether or not there is a risk of confusion...
by manuel.roche | Jul 15, 2013 | All, Trademarks
The Savon de Marseille (an olive oil based soap) is a very popular and famous washing soap in France, the image of which is attached to old soap factories based in Marseille (city in the South of France) and respectful of ancient industrial traditions. In France, the...
by manuel.roche | Jun 28, 2013 | All, Internet, Trademarks
In France and in other European countries, for several years now, commercial companies directly contact the owners of industrial property rights to offer unnecessary trademark management services. With the increasing digitization and the development of online...
by manuel.roche | Jun 18, 2013 | All, Trademarks
If you look at trademark registries in France or in other countries, you may observe that trademarks are not always owned by the companies that use them, but by their CEOs, managers, founding partners, etc. There can be many reasons why such decisions are made. It...
