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Could the expression “HOPELESS POOFTER” be registered as a trademark?

The answer was recently provided by the EUIPO through its Enlarged Board of Appeal, the highest decision-making body within the Office. The full resolution, dated November 28, 2024, is available HERE. The case began in May 2020 when the audiovisual production company Turner Broadcasting System Europe (TNT) filed an application for a word mark for

Developments on tobacco labelling and vapers with and without nicotine.

The 22 December is the deadline for the hearing and public information on the draft royal decree updating the regulation on tobacco and related products, which introduces plain packaging, regulates nicotine pouches and vapers with and without nicotine and includes restrictions on flavourings. The aim is to improve public health protection through stricter regulation adapted

Current status of the regulation on protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products

Study commissioned by the EUIPO about the Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products which entered into force on 16 November 2023 and will be fully applicable as of 1 December 2025. Among others, the Regulation stipulates

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