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Jun 26 2023

Formal requirements in applications under the Industrial Property Code amended

By AntonioCorteReal Designs, Patents, Portugal, Trademarks, Utility Models

The Portuguese Industrial Property Office (INPI) adopted Regulation 6187/2023, concerning the formal requirements of applications and documents presented in applications for registration under the Industrial Property Code. The Regulation revokes...

Oct 19 2022

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Lisbon Court of Appeal – tobacco products and medicinal cannabis are similar goods

By AntonioCorteReal Highlight, Portugal, Trademarks

On 15 June 2022 the Lisbon Court of Appeal confirmed the decision of the 1st chamber of the Intellectual Property Court (IPC), in a case where the similarity between tobacco...

Aug 02 2022

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Bull Fight in the Intellectual Property Court

By wsa Highlight, Portugal, Trademarks No Comments

In a dispute between Red Bull GmbH and the applicant of the Portuguese mark BULLS, the Portuguese Intellectual Property Court revoked the Trademark Office granting decision considering that the mark is confusingly similar...

Jul 15 2022

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Cabo Verde: Declaration of Intention to Use required for International Trademarks

By wsa Cabo Verde, Highlight, Trademarks

Cabo Verde became a member of the Madrid Protocol on 6 July 2022 and has already received the first international designations in WIPO. On 5 July 2022, the Government of...

Apr 18 2022

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Intellectual Property and the Fashion Industry

By wsa Designs, European Union, Intellectual Property, Trademarks

The crucial role that IP plays in the Fashion Law field The fashion industry is based on the permanent emergence of ideas, designers’ creativity and the imagination that is embodied...

Mar 29 2022

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Lisbon Court of Appeal: NIVEA has reputation but no similarity with NÏNAE

By wsa Highlight, Portugal, Trademarks No Comments

In a dispute between BEIERSDORF AG and the applicant of the Portuguese mark NÏNAE, the Lisbon Court of Appeal decided that the mark in question is not confusingly similar with...

Dec 14 2021

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EUIPO: VERVE is not to be confused with VINHO VERDE

By wsa European Union, Trademarks No Comments

Vinho Verde may remind you of the white village you left behind the sea, but not the VERVE mark... In a dispute between the Comissão de Viticultura da Região dos...

Nov 19 2021

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EUIPO refuses to register icon of Zoom

By wsa European Union, Trademarks No Comments

In a decision dated 21 October 2021 the EUIPO’s Board of Appeal dismissed an appeal in which Zoom Video Communications, Inc was seeking EU trademark registration for the blue icon...

Jul 07 2021

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Representation of rechargeable electric vehicle not a valid mark

By wsa European Union, Trademarks No Comments

In a decision dated 14 June 2021 the EUIPO’s Board of Appeal confirmed that a sign representing a vehicle containing a fully charged battery with a cable is devoid of...

Apr 16 2021

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FASCISTA: could it be a valid trademark?

By wsa Portugal, Trademarks No Comments

In a recently published decision the Lisbon Court of Appeal has considered that a trademark depicting the word FASCISTA (fascist) may not be registered since it contains an “expression or figure contrary...

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Trademarks

Formal requirements in applications under the Industrial Property Code amended

Lisbon Court of Appeal – tobacco products and medicinal cannabis are similar goods

Bull Fight in the Intellectual Property Court

Cabo Verde: Declaration of Intention to Use required for International Trademarks

Intellectual Property and the Fashion Industry

Lisbon Court of Appeal: NIVEA has reputation but no similarity with NÏNAE

EUIPO: VERVE is not to be confused with VINHO VERDE

EUIPO refuses to register icon of Zoom

Representation of rechargeable electric vehicle not a valid mark

FASCISTA: could it be a valid trademark?

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