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Firm News : Trademark opposition

We have successfully assisted our Client, a major European chain of DIY and home improvement stores, with a trademark opposition, in relation to a mark that dissimulated the domain name. Our Trademark department prepared, analyzed, and drafted the opposition arguments, in order to formally request the National Intellectual Property Office, the dismissal of the trademark […]Learn More

Firm News: Trademark cancellation

We are assisting a major company from the tobacco industry, operating both in Europe and the Middle East, with considerable investments on clinical trials inasmuch as research and development, with a trademark cancellation action based on a third party`s trademark registration in bad faith. Our Trademark department, advised the Client in terms of the strategy, […]Learn More

The future of cheese: a debate on the “Gruyere-ness” of the Gruyere cheese

In a recent decision of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, it was ruled that Gruyere cheese does not have to come from the Gruyere region, a canton of Fribourg, Switzerland – where Gruyere cheese has been produced according to the traditional recipe since 1115 –, based on the […]Learn More

Firm News: Copyright infringement

We are assisting our Client, a major Swiss-based manufacturer of dermato-cosmetics, in a copyright infringement case. It has come to out attention that a third party has copied the logo, colors, website content etc. of our Client. In order to protect the exclusive rights and avoid the dilution of the brand`s reputation, our department has […]Learn More

Brands, trademarks and NFTs – challenges faced in the metaverse world

Metaverse, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), cryptocurrency, decentralization, Web 3.0 or Altcoin are all buzzwords that were the talk of the town in 2021. Arguably it was the year in which tech businesses transitioned into a new age that saw the consumer appetite for the metaverse visibly skyrocketing.  With more and more investments into plots of virtual […]Learn More

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