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The May 2005 termination of the European Intellectual Property Review has straight off emerged, a lilliputian early. It exceptional focus is on the registrability of so-called “non-traditional” merchandise marks, amongst cases from the European Court of Justice, the Court of First Instance, OHIM, England in addition to France. Of detail involvement are the next decisions:

A Honda masquerading every bit a Lambo: this is why CTM
registration was sought

* Lamborghini’s application to register every bit a Community merchandise score a “movement mark” consisting of the mode its machine doors opened;

* Bongrain’s endeavour to colonise the shape of i of its cheeses inwards the UK;

* The concluding circular of Mag’s battle to register its torch shapes every bit Community merchandise marks on the reason of inherent, rather than acquired, distinctiveness;

* The fate of the distinctive-because-ultralong give-and-take score UNIVERSALKOMMUNIKATIONSVERZEICHNIS …

The European Intellectual Property Review is published monthly past times Sweet & Maxwell.