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OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM

OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM. Rhys Morgan, Dafydd Collins 22 May 2014. PART 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMUNITY TRADE MARK SYST E M AND OHIM. Rhys Morgan. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL. PART 2. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL. Dafydd Collins.

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OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM

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  1. OHIM Mini Webinar: Beginner Module on CTM Rhys Morgan, DafyddCollins 22 May 2014

  2. PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMUNITY TRADE MARK SYSTEM AND OHIM Rhys Morgan

  3. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL PART 2 ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL DafyddCollins

  4. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL 7(1)(b)

  5. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL (27/02/2002, T-79/00, 'LITE', paragraph 26)

  6. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL (30/06/2004, T‑281/02, ‘MehrfürIhr Geld’)

  7. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL 7(1)(b) REFUSED

  8. ACCEPTED ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL 7(1)(b)

  9. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL C-329/02 P SAT.1 v OHIM [2204] ECR I-8317

  10. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL 7(1)(b) L - Super Slim Fit Class 25 Clothing

  11. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL 7(1)(b) • L Super Slim Fit Class 25 Clothing

  12. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL 7(1)(b) FootballClass 28

  13. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL Chiemsee C-108/97 & C-109/97

  14. (23/10/2003,C-191/01P, “DOUBLEMINT”)

  15. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL 7(1)(d)

  16. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL 7(1)(e)(i)

  17. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL 7(1)(e)(ii)

  18. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL 7(1)(e)(iii)

  19. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL 7(1)(f)

  20. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL 7(1)(f) “DE PUTA MADRE” Acceptable Refusable

  21. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL 7(1)(g) SARKO VegetarianFoods Class 29 Meatproducts BRUNI Silk Class 25 Nylon stockings

  22. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL 7(1)(g) THEWLIS GIN Class 33 Alcoholic beverages

  23. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL 7(1)(h)

  24. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL 7(1)(i)

  25. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL 7(1)(k) Mark accepteduponlimitation: “Lamb and prepared foods; all in conformity with the specifications of the protected geographical indication “Welsh Lamb”.

  26. PART 3 RELATIVE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL Rhys Morgan

  27. RELATIVEGROUNDS FOR REFUSAL Branded Football Stadia Manchester City Bayern Munich Arsenal

  28. RELATIVEGROUNDS FOR REFUSAL

  29. RELATIVEGROUNDS FOR REFUSAL Ambush Marketing:

  30. RELATIVEGROUNDS FOR REFUSAL

  31. RELATIVEGROUNDS FOR REFUSAL

  32. RELATIVEGROUNDS FOR REFUSAL Grand Board of Appeal decision of 23 May 2012– R 1790/2011-5 – 4REFUEL (FIG. MARK)/REFUEL paragraph 11: ‘The sole fact that the earlier mark has been registered as a Community trade mark does not preclude the Board from finding it to be largely descriptive, or, in other words, from having a low intrinsic distinctive character in relation to the goods and services it covers. The Board must also keep the general public interest in mind. In this instance, it means that descriptive signs should not be protected beyond what is compatible with the possibility for all to use signs that are necessary to describe the goods and services that are legitimately traded by competitors.’

  33. RELATIVEGROUNDS FOR REFUSAL Jeremy Phillips - ‘Strong trademarks and the likelihood of confusion in European law’ (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Vol. 1, No. 6 [2006]):

  34. RELATIVEGROUNDS FOR REFUSAL Jeremy Phillips - ‘Strong trademarks and the likelihood of confusion in European law’ (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Vol. 1, No. 6 [2006]):

  35. RELATIVEGROUNDS FOR REFUSAL ‘The consumer rarely gets a chance to see two marks together and to compare them side by side’.  

  36. RELATIVEGROUNDS FOR REFUSAL Differences between trademarks are more noticeable than the similarities: WHITE GOOGLE v BLACK GOOGLE SCREW YOU v SCREW UP ELVIS LIGHT v ELVIS EXTRA

  37. RELATIVEGROUNDS FOR REFUSAL

  38. RELATIVEGROUNDS FOR REFUSAL ‘The Rational Basis of Trademark Protection’ by Frank I. Schechter [Harvard Law Review, Vol. 40, No. 6 (Apr., 1927), pp. 813-833]

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