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

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.