by manuel.roche | Jun 25, 2020 | All, Trademarks
Available since April 1st, 2020, the procedure for revocation of French trademarks (or French parts of international trademarks) allows the cancellation of trademarks which have, for some reasons, lost their ability to function as trademarks after being registered....
by manuel.roche | Jun 19, 2020 | All, Trademarks
Available since April 1st, 2020, the procedure for cancellation of French trademarks (or French parts of international trademarks) allows the invalidation of registered trademarks. The request for a declaration of invalidity may be based on absolute grounds (the mark...
by manuel.roche | Nov 20, 2019 | All, Trademarks
The “PACTE” Law provides new important regulations as regards patent (see our article here), but also initiates the transposition of the famous “trademark Package” (detailed in our dossier here) into French law following the Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European...
by manuel.roche | Sep 10, 2019 | All, Trademarks
In France as in many other countries, a trademark can be revoked if it has not been put to genuine use within a continuous five-year period. The rule is given by Article L.714-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code. It is frequently said that there is an...
by manuel.roche | Feb 15, 2019 | All, Trademarks
The European Union trademark BIG MAC number 000062638 was filed in 2016 and registered in 2018 in the name of McDonald’s, in connection with many food products, among them the famous sandwiches, as well as in connection with restaurant-linked services. In a case...
