<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Trademark protection has a temporal and territorial character. The European Union Intellectual Property Office facilitates the protection of trademarks at the European Union’s level. The present study analyzes the conditions of admissibility for the registration of a mark in case of opposition. In the elaboration of the study, we considered the European legislation in the field, the decisions and resolutions that constitute a source of law in the field. In this regard, we analyzed the recent case law of the European Union Intellectual Property Office and formulated a series of critical theses.</p></abstract>

Trademark protection has a temporal and territorial character. The European Union Intellectual Property Office facilitates the protection of trademarks at the European Union’s level. The present study analyzes the conditions of admissibility for the registration of a mark in case of opposition. In the elaboration of the study, we considered the European legislation in the field, the decisions and resolutions that constitute a source of law in the field. In this regard, we analyzed the recent case law of the European Union Intellectual Property Office and formulated a series of critical theses.

Critical Appraisal of the Recent Case-Law of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

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Trademark protection has a temporal and territorial character. The European Union Intellectual Property Office facilitates the protection of trademarks at the...

Critical Appraisal of the Recent Case-Law of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Published Online: Jul 20, 2020

Page range: 228 - 231

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2020-0081

Keywords
intellectual property, trademarks and inventions, trademark registration in the European Union, opposition to trademark registration

© 2020 Tudor-Vlad Sfârlog, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Critical Appraisal of the Recent Case-Law of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Published Online: Jul 20, 2020

Page range: 228 - 231

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2020-0081

Keywordsintellectual property, trademarks and inventions, trademark registration in the European Union, opposition to trademark registration

© 2020 Tudor-Vlad Sfârlog, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
intellectual property, trademarks and inventions, trademark registration in the European Union, opposition to trademark registration