Rulings of the European Court of Justice on Trade Mark and Design – 2020/2021

• Jurisdiction: European Union
• Author: Alexander von Mühlendahl

Speaker

Professor Alexander von Mühlendahl is a legal expert who currently works as Of Counsel at Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft mbB in Munich and as a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London. He conducted academic research at the Max-Planck-Institute for Intellectual Property Law from 1966 to 1979 and served as an official in the German Federal Ministry of Justice from 1979 to 1994.

He also worked as Vice-President of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM), which is now known as the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). He is an Honorary Member of several trademark associations, including ECTA, the Hungarian Trademark Association, and APRAM, and has been inducted into the IP Hall of Fame.

Topic

The e-presentation provides an overview of recent trade mark law judgments made by the Court of Justice of the European Union between October 2020 and October 2021. The presentation covers a range of current and relevant issues in trade mark law, including the distinctive character of colour combinations (Judgment of 8 October 2020, C-456/19, AB Östgötatrafiken v. PRV), functional trade marks (Judgment of 3 June 2021, Joined Cases C‑818/18 P and C‑6/19 P) and the genuine use of a trade mark (Judgment of 22 October 2020, Joined Cases C-720 & 721/18, Ferrari SpA v. DU).

Overall, this e-presentation offers a comprehensive overview of recent trade mark law judgments made by the Court of Justice of the European Union, providing valuable information on topical issues in the field.

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Judgment of 8 October 2020, C-456/19, AB Östgötatrafiken v. PRV

Judgment of 3 June 2021, Joined Cases C‑818/18 P and C‑6/19 P

Judgment of 22 October 2020, Joined Cases C-720/18 & 721/18, Ferrari SpA v. DU

Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs

Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs

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