New Etmr, Mip

European Trade Mark Reports

The Apr 2006 termination of Sweet & Maxwell's monthly European Trade Mark Reports has come upward out early, this beingness the quaternary calendar month inwards a row that the publisher has beaten the embrace engagement (well done!). The 8 cases reported inwards this termination include

* Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA) merchandise mark (Bundesgerichtshof, Germany), on infringement of the figurative score EURO 2000 for footballs in addition to whether the defendant's role of the score would endure perceived equally a merchandise score use;

* IDOM v IDOM (Irish Patents Office), a curious opposition example involving identicality in addition to similarity of conflicting figurative marks including the discussion IDOM (this deciaion disappeared from the Irish Gaelic Patent Office website for a bit, but it has since reappeared here);

* Think Promotions v All England Lawn Tennis Club (OHIM Cancellation Division) on the validity of the WIMBLEDON merchandise score for goods in addition to services inwards diverse classes, given that the discussion is equally good a house name.

If you lot convey whatever suggestions for exciting cases that should endure reported inwards the ETMR, endure certain to e-mail the IPKat here and rank him.


Managing Intellectual Property

The March termination of Managing Intellectual Property is merely about other envelope-buster, alongside 116 pages. It features, amidst many other things,

* a survey of blank media in addition to recording auto levies inwards Europe, past times Alexander Duisberg in addition to Fabian Niemann (Bird & Bird);

* Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 peachy analysis of electrical current police line on prior fine art equally a destroyer of patent applications inwards the Great Britain in addition to Commonwealth of Australia past times Justin Watts (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) in addition to Peter Chalk (Blae Dawson Waldron);

* Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 review of the outset 4 Comptrollers' Opinions on granted Great Britain patents, past times MIP editor James Nurton.

says, if MIP gets much bigger, in that place won't endure whatever fourth dimension for IP lawyers to read whatever of its competitors ...