| GREECE: No "energy" for a wind turbine figurative mark |
| Tags: Greece, descriptiveness, lack of distinctiveness, misleading marks, figurative marks, absolute grounds for refusal |
| Posted By: Nikos Prentoulis |
| Posted on 06/09/2019 @ 14.00 |
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| Switzerland: unprotected MINDFUCK |
| Tags: absolute grounds for refusal, public morale |
| Posted By: Mark Schweizer |
| Posted on 16/05/2017 @ 13.18 |
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| EUIPO “smart-seals”(?) equality |
| Tags: EUIPO, Board of Appeal, absolute grounds for refusal, descriptiveness, lack of distinctive character, smart, seal, equality, legality, sound administration, past practice |
| Posted By: Nikos Prentoulis |
| Posted on 13/02/2017 @ 08.38 |
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| Greece: Is EASY distinctive for coffee and tea? |
| Tags: Greece, Greek TM Office, EASY, relative grounds for refusal, likelihood of confusion, absolute grounds for refusal, distinctiveness |
| Posted By: Nikos Prentoulis |
| Posted on 15/09/2016 @ 01.52 |
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| Greece: Established morals, mafia and... bastards? |
| Tags: Greece, Greek Tm Office, absolute grounds for refusal, public order, moralliry, establihed morals, mafia, bastards |
| Posted By: Nikos Prentoulis |
| Posted on 08/01/2015 @ 19.00 |
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| Morality, sex and the Greek TM Office |
| Tags: Greece, Greek TM Office, food, porn, foodporn, sex, morality, absolute grounds for refusal |
| Posted By: Nikos Prentoulis |
| Posted on 13/06/2014 @ 10.12 |
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| Equality in EU TM law: No real passion to perform? |
| Tags: Passion to perform, OHIM, General Court, T-291/12, T-539/11, equality, human rights, sound administration, slogan, absolute grounds for refusal, distinctiveness |
| Posted By: Nikos Prentoulis |
| Posted on 01/04/2014 @ 07.56 |
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| A RAW MEAT DEAL - COMPARABLE PRODUCTS UNDER OHIM PRACTICE |
| Tags: OHIM, Board of Appeal, comparable products, absolute grounds for refusal, CTM, geographical indication, 7(1)(k) ctmr |
| Posted By: Edith Van den Eede |
| Posted on 19/03/2014 @ 11.50 |
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| Greece does not like "greece" (for trademarks) |
| Tags: Greece, Greek TM Office, absolute grounds for refusal, names of states, 6ter Paris |
| Posted By: Nikos Prentoulis |
| Posted on 04/02/2014 @ 07.01 |
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| Switzerland: KALMAR is for squid, not Sweden |
| Tags: Switzerland, absolute grounds for refusal, geographic origin |
| Posted By: Mark Schweizer |
| Posted on 09/07/2013 @ 13.51 |
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