The Court of Justice’s senior legal adviser this morning told the Court it should harmonise the way that IP offices in Europe interpret class headings. So what will happen next for trade mark owners?

Officials from OHIM and national IP offices are heading to Luxembourg to urge 13 judges from Europe’s highest court to rule in their favour in a case relating to class headings. Managing IP explains ...

In Total Ltd v YouView TV Ltd, the High Court has upheld Total Ltd’s claim that YouView TV Ltd infringed its registered mark YOUR VIEW, and dismissed YouView’s counterclaim for a declaration that the ...

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled in the IP TRANSLATOR case. While the decision was expected to provide clarity over the class headings issue, one commentator states that it instead ...

On June 19, 2012 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a ruling in Case C-307/10, known as IP Translator, requiring that the goods and services for which the protection of a ...

A trademark assists both parties in a trade and enables prospective customers to identify what goods or services are offered by a particular party. This makes it reasonable to assume that only one ...