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Jun 23, 2014
Charlotte Urman, Inlex IP Expertise, France

Adding features to liberate a trademark, good idea?


Charlotte Urman, Inlex IP Expertise, FranceIn today’s e-cigarette world, disputes about traditionnal cigarettes still flourish, also regarding trademark registration and availability. In France, it is quite rare that Appeal Courts contradict INPI’s oppositions decisions, but here the applicant, a Bulgarian company, whose trademark application was rejected by the opposition division, decided to go for broke in appeal. The applicant may have played on the fact that the signs should be considered as different “as a whole”, because of insertion of colours, different  read more