That is definitely my trademark! Smell it!

Finally the new text of the trademark regulation has been officially published in order to harmonise the national trademark laws and practices with the EU trademark. Let us see what the biggest changes are which will presumably have the most effect on trademark practice.

Andras PintzFebruary 9, 2016EU, European Union, law, legislation, OHIM, regulation, trademark

Have a break, have a lawsuit

The importance of protecting ideas, brands and any kinds of intellectual property is clear for a lot of actors of the market. However, multinational companies such as Nestlé are not afraid of investing money even in decade long courtroom battles to ensure their success.

Andras PintzSeptember 22, 2015Cadbury, EU, European Union, KitKat, lawsuit, legislation, Nestlé, trademark

Trademark moralities: “Fucking hell” is alright but the scythe and hammer is not?

Contemplating on morale, ethics, law and their relations towards each other is as ancient as those categories themselves and the literature on them could easily fill several libraries. Which is superior, which prevails, which one must we abide when there is a conflict between them is the main topic in Antigone, and the issue was examined by philosophers such as St. Thomas, Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, Immanuel Kant and Hans Kelsen just to mention the most important ones.