Member Articles

This is the third article in our series regarding the introduction of the National Cabinet Mandatory Code of Conduct – SME (Code) by the Australian Government in April 2020 in response to the devastating effects of COV ...

The importance of registering your 3D trademark The start of the legal battle between Ritter Sport and Milka goes back to 2010 when Milka challenged Ritter Sport’s monopoly on the square-shaped chocolate bars. Milka ...

Authors: Leslie Sheffield and Philip Swayze Even in “normal” times, the mental health of Americans has been a standing concern, affecting one in five of us, or some 18% of working adults. But the coronavirus pande ...

Many clients have a favorable resolution issued by the Courts of a Member State and they come to us to initiate the execute procedure in Spain. For these cases, there is Regulation 1215/2012 of December 12, 2012 on juri ...

When a trademark application is blocked due to the existence of prior similar mark(s), one of the ways to overcome the same would be to try removing the prior mark(s), such as commencing opposition/invalidation/cancellat ...

Authors: Elaine K. Kim and Elaine Nguyen The Second Circuit recently issued an important decision, In re Jackson, No. 19-480, — F.3d —, 2020 WL 4810706 (2d Cir. Aug. 19, 2020), in which it held that a state ...