for pharmaceutical products is not descriptive of the goods to which it applies, the board confirmed that a mark made up in part of descriptive elements (here betaxolol, a generic term for an active ...

The Board of Appeal has upheld Rehvid 24 OÜ’s appeal against the decision of the Patent Office not to register the trademark REHVID24 (meaning ‘tyres24’ in English) on the ground that it was ...

In United States trademark applications, it is not uncommon for an Examining Attorney to issue a disclaimer requirement for descriptive portions of a mark. Disclaimers have particular significance in ...

The General Court has upheld EUIPO's decision to invalidate the EU figurative trade mark 'Frutaria' for dried and fresh fruits, finding that simple figurative elements cannot salvage a fundamentally ...