The end of the transitional period which followed BREXIT on February 1, 2020 will terminate on December 31, 2020 and it appears that the EU and UK may not reach a trade agreement for the time after December 31, 2020. Thus, we would like to inform you – very briefly – about the most important … Read more
Transformation of the EU Directive in Germany and its impact on the German Trademark Act: published in the legal review Revue Francophone de La Propriété Intellectuelle, No.10 of June 2020
As from May 1, 2020, trademark cancellation/invalidity proceedings at the German Patent and Trademark Office are provided as a new cost-effective alternative for trademark proprietors to act against third party’s conflicting trademarks. After May 1, it would not only be possible to file an opposition or a civil court action against a younger trademark registration, … Read more
An important new feature to create uniqueness in the field of corporate identity and corporate design Our firm has recently managed to obtain a graphically non-representable trademark called “Other trademark” (Sonstige Marke) registered at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office, which we would like to call avantgarde: The special thing about this so-called other … Read more