Archive for November, 2007

Tarzan’s jungle call trade mark frightens off the OHIM, which refuses to grant a trade mark for it

1 November 2007 | Paul Gershlick

Edgar Rice Burroughs Incorporated, the owner of rights in Tarzan – the jungle hero –tried to register the Tarzan jungle call as a European Community Trade Mark (CTM). To be registrable as a trade mark,...

JUST EMPLOYMENT trade mark owner’s attempts to stop infringement of mark ends in loss of his trade mark – Bignell v Just Employment Law Limited, High Court

1 November 2007 | Paul Gershlick

Mr Bignell, an employment law solicitor, registered the trade mark 'JUST EMPLOYMENT' in 1999. He had a modest turnover and was a local employment law practice. He discovered in 2005 that Just Employment...

Court of Appeal sends smell-alike perfume case to European Court – L’Oreal AS v Bellure, Court of Appeal

1 November 2007 | Paul Gershlick

L’Oreal brought actions for trade mark infringement against the defendants who sold look-alike/smell-alike perfumes - perfumes that looked and smelt like some of its established fine fragrance brands....

Bang & Olufsen hits right note with European Court for trade mark registration of shape of speaker – Bang & Olufsen A/S v OHIM, European Court of First Instance

1 November 2007 | Paul Gershlick

Bang & Olufsen applied to register the shape of a three-dimensional speaker as a European Community Trade Mark. OHIM, the body in charge of accepting or rejecting applications to register EU-wide...

FA retains rights to stop others using or registering ‘World Cup Willie’ – England’s football mascot from the 1966 World Cup victory – Jules Rimet Cup Ltd v Football Association, High Court

1 November 2007 | Paul Gershlick

In 2005, Jules Rimet Cup Ltd (JRC) applied to register ‘World Cup Willie’ as a trade mark and also as another trade mark in conjunction with a picture of a lion playing football. The Football Association...

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Archive for November, 2007

Tarzan’s jungle call trade mark frightens off the OHIM, which refuses to grant a trade mark for it

JUST EMPLOYMENT trade mark owner’s attempts to stop infringement of mark ends in loss of his trade mark – Bignell v Just Employment Law Limited, High Court

Court of Appeal sends smell-alike perfume case to European Court – L’Oreal AS v Bellure, Court of Appeal

Bang & Olufsen hits right note with European Court for trade mark registration of shape of speaker – Bang & Olufsen A/S v OHIM, European Court of First Instance

FA retains rights to stop others using or registering ‘World Cup Willie’ – England’s football mascot from the 1966 World Cup victory – Jules Rimet Cup Ltd v Football Association, High Court

Internet advertising giants sued for patent infringement

US Patent office rejects most of Amazon’s claims in the 1-Click Patent

ASA finds that Ryanair ad was unfair and misleading after calling Lastminute.com a robber

IT giants issue copyright principles for user-generated content

Internet sites lose £300 million a year in sales due to ‘invisible errors’

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