Background The present decision stems from an appeal by Safestand against an order of the High Court declaring three of its UK registered designs (90002293490001 (“RRD 0001”), 90003121450004 (“RRD 0004”) and 90003121450005 (“RRD 0005”) (collectively, “the...
Background of Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) SPCs are heavily relied on by pharmaceutical companies to extend the period of patent protection. Under the current regulations, SPCs can only be granted if the product is: 1) protected by a basic patent in...
UK Opposition Fontana filed applications for the marks “GRILLOUMI” and “GRILLOUMAKI” in the UK for services relating to providing food and drink, coffee shops and restaurants, as well as goods including food products, and condiments. These...
In a little more detail, Lidl had argued that Tesco had infringed its copyright, trade mark registration, and passing off rights of its Lidl logo, by Tesco’s use of their Clubcard prices (CPP) logo. This argument succeeded in the Judge’s Decision. However, the Judge...
In this decision the Hearing Officer noted that a marketing authorisation is focused on what a product is rather than what it does. Consequently, a change in how the authorised product is used does not alter the basis of the original marketing authorisation....
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