As of 12 July 2021, the Trinidad and Tobago Intellectual Property Office (TTIPO) and the Commerce and Intellectual Property Office of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (CIPO-VC) will be included in TMclass. The TTIPO will join with the alphabetical list of the Nice classification, while CIPO-VC will use and accept the list of terms from the harmonised database of goods and services (HDB) in TMclass.
The 4th International IP Enforcement Summit was held online on 22 and 23 June 2021. It gathered key actors to discuss ways to improve the protection and enforcement of IP rights globally in both the online and offline environments. The summit highlighted strategic and practical guidance and shared good practices. International IP Enforcement Summit 続きを読む“欧州連合知的財産庁(EUIPO) 商標_動画(embedded/playlist) vol.54”
An European Union court ruled on Wednesday that the sound of a drink can opening, followed by several seconds of fizzing is not a trademark. German company Ardagh Metal Beverage Holdings had applied to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to register the noise made by its fizzy drinks cans.But the company was left feeling flat after being rejected on the grounds that the sound was not “distinctive” enough.
“The sound made by a drinks can being opened, followed by a silence of approximately one second and a fizzing sound lasting approximately nine seconds” is not a so-called sound mark, the European General Court said in a statement.
[プルタブを開けた音に続く1秒の沈黙の後の9秒間のしゅわしゅわの音は所謂音商標ではないと判断されています。]
地理的表示(GI)保護制度 vol.2 酒類(しゅるい)の地理的表示
Only grapes harvested in Osaka Prefecture are used, and wine that satisfies certain standards is certified as “Osaka” wine and distributed to the market. There is also a winery with over 100 years of history, which produces wine using 100% locally grown grapes.