TAoMa’s news
- All ()
- #BOBOVIERI ()
- #FOOTBALL ()
- #JUVE ()
- #JUVENTUS ()
- AI ()
- AI Act ()
- Application ()
- Application in bad faith ()
- article 13 ()
- artwork ()
- Bad faith ()
- Bastille ()
- Blockchain ()
- BoredApes ()
- Brexit ()
- Cancellation action ()
- CJEU ()
- CNIL ()
- Commercial prospection ()
- Consent ()
- consumer information ()
- Contracts ()
- copyright ()
- Copyright ()
- copyright directive ()
- Cybercriminals ()
- Damages ()
- Data ()
- data processings ()
- defamation ()
- Defamation ()
- Designs ()
- disparagement ()
- e-reputation ()
- ECJ ()
- EU ()
- EU trademarks ()
- EUCJ ()
- EUIPO ()
- EUTMR ()
- France ()
- freedom of speech ()
- French Office ()
- French trademarks ()
- GDPR ()
- GDPR ()
- Genuine use ()
- goods and services ()
- Inclusion ()
- Infringement action ()
- INPI ()
- invalidity ()
- IT ()
- Jurisdiction ()
- lack of clarity and precistion ()
- Lapse date ()
- Leadersleague ()
- Legal500 ()
- legitimate interest ()
- liberal professional’s personal data ()
- loi informatique et libertés ()
- Minecraft ()
- NFT ()
- Non classé ()
- OCLCTIC ()
- Opposition ()
- overly broad range of goods and services ()
- personal data ()
- Personal data ()
- Phishing ()
- piracy ()
- Preliminary question ()
- Press release ()
- Procedure ()
- Proceedings ()
- Proofs of use ()
- protection ()
- Ranking ()
- Ranking ()
- Reform of Trademark Law ()
- Regulation ()
- responsibility of the hosts ()
- Revocation for non-use ()
- Risks ()
- Speculation ()
- Strawmen ()
- summary proceedings ()
- Trademark attorney ()
- Trademarks ()
- Trademarks ()
- uploading ()
- WIPO ()
- WTR 1000 ()
Impact of revocation for non-use on an infringement action based on the revoked trademark
The complex trademark SAINT GERMAIN was registered in France on May 12, 2006 by the company AR for alcoholic beverages, ciders, digestives, wines and spirits. For its part, the company COOPER International Spirits distributed, under the name “St-Germain”, a...
7/04/2020Trademarks, CJEU, Damages, EU trademarks, EUCJ, EUTMR, Genuine use, Infringement action, Preliminary question, Proofs of use, Revocation for non-useECJ’s « Sky » decision: a whistle in the wind?
Failing to force holders to restrict the goods/products designated by their trademarks, is the ECJ whistling in the wind? The British satellite and cable television operator Sky, who holds several eponymous trademarks, took legal action, in the United Kingdom, for...
13/02/2020Trademarks, Bad faith, ECJ, goods and services, invalidity, lack of clarity and precistion, overly broad range of goods and servicesEU Court of Justice “cottoned” on to trademarks and bad faith
An applicant, holder of earlier semi-figurative trademarks KOTON designating the European Union territory, filed an opposition before the EUIPO against the application for registration of the trademark STYLO & KOTON filed-for in classes 25,35 and 39. As for the earlier...
4/11/2019Trademarks, Application, Application in bad faith, Bad faith, Cancellation action, EU trademarks, EUCJ, EUIPO, EUTMR, OppositionThe CNIL confirms its power to impose sanctions without formal notice: SERGIC sentenced to 400,000 euros for serious breach of their security obligation
At the end of April, the Conseil d’État (the French administrative supreme court) confirmed the CNIL’s (the French data protection control authority) ability to sanction violations of personal data security rules without necessarily resorting to a prior formal...
20/06/2019GDPR, Personal data, data processings, GDPR, personal dataFrench Supervisory authority sanctions: no obligation of prior formal notice confirmed by the Administrative Supreme Court
In a decision of April 17 2019, the French supreme administrative authority refused to overturn the sanctions imposed by the CNIL (the French data protection authority) on the OPTICAL CENTER company on the grounds that they were not preceded by a formal notice allowing the...
14/06/2019GDPR, Personal data, data processings, GDPR, personal dataTAoMA Partners ranked by the Legal500 EMEA 2019
The entire TAoMA Partners team is proud to be recognized as one of the best French law firms by the Legal500 EMEA 2019 ranking, in the following categories: “Media and Entertainment – Advertising” law firm; “IT, Telecoms and the Internet” law...
28/05/2019Press release, Ranking