A recent US court decision allowing third parties to claim fair use of descriptive trade marks could deter businesses from adopting descriptive marks in the future. But Thomas Zellerbach and Diana ...
The European Court of Justice has tightened the Baby-Dry definition of descriptive trade marks in two decisions that bring further clarification for brand owners. In its February 12 rulings in ...
BBC reported today that Apple was recently denied a trademark for “iPad mini” after authorities in the United States claimed the term was “merely descriptive.” Apple still has until July to convince ...
and has refused to allow the registration of the mark GLATT LEMEHADRIN (both words making up the mark mean 'highly kosher' in English) on the grounds that it was descriptive and had not attained the ...