Senin, 06 Februari 2006
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VW Variant CTM application hits a Castilian obstacle
The Curia website has today posted, inwards French in addition to High German only, the determination of the Court of First Instance inwards Case T-317/03 Volkswagen AG v OHIM, Nacional Motor, SA.
thinks VW applied to register equally a CTM the give-and-take VARIANT for goods in addition to services inwards Classes 7, 12 in addition to 37. NM opposed, citing its before Castilian registrations of the words DERBIVARIANT, DERBI VARIANT in addition to VARIANTDERBI inwards the same Classes. It looks equally if the Opposition Division dismissed the opposition (no likelihood of confusion; in that place was too but about number equally to championship to 2 of NM's marks) but the Board of Appeal annulled that decision, finding a likelihood of confusion amongst DERBIVARIANT. The CFI appears to bring dismissed VW's appeal amongst costs, although it flora on VW's behalf on i issue.
If whatever French or High German speaker could post service a clarificatory Comment below, the Kat would hold upwards close grateful.
Taking the PIS
The close recent number of Product & Image Security has but fallen into the IPKat's paws. Published past times EPI (part of the ECI International Group), it is an attractively-produced bimonthly magazine that focuses on the problems of counterfeiting, forgery, production piracy, exchange in addition to diversion equally good equally retail theft in addition to production tampering, providing a forum for discussing available solutions in addition to technologies. Topics that mightiness but excite the involvement of IP owners include holograms, production identification, authentication, traceability, construct picture protection, safety labels, tags, tickets in addition to packaging seals.
The January/February 2006 number reports on the outset Authentication Connections Forum, subtitled "Linking anticounterfeiting strategy amongst authentication technology". This forum volition hold upwards held inwards Florida at the halt of March. Sounds equally if quite a few people in that place volition hold upwards approbation the bad men whose illicit activities bring resulted inwards their beingness sent there. Merpel adds, bring you lot noticed where inwards Florida this forum is beingness held? It's Tampa - which to anyone involved inwards authentication technologies is a homophone of "tamper".
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