24 May 2023Muireann Bolger

EU court picks holes in Emmentaler’s PDO case

EUIPO Board of Appeal dismisses cheese maker’s ‘descriptive’ mark | Swiss company held that mark had a geographic origin | Germany and France swung weight behind EUIPO.

Already registered?

For multi-user price options, or to check if your company has an existing subscription that we can add you to for FREE, please email Adrian Tapping at atapping@newtonmedia.co.uk

More on this story

Trademarks

‘Cheese with holes’: Gruyère's IP woes in the US

14 March 2023 After a US appeals court gave short shrift to the role of geographical origin in a dispute over cheese, where does that leave European food producers with similar marks? Muireann Bolger finds out.

Trademarks

Say cheese! Why Halloumi producers should smile at CJEU’s trademark decision

7 January 2021 An association of Cypriot Halloumi producers clashed with the EUIPO over its validation of the mark ‘BBQloumi’, but a decision by the CJEU has given it cause to celebrate. Michael Tennant of Tennant IP reports.

Lego scores dual win at EUIPO

Armani soars to victory in eagle logo dispute at EU court

Tourism’s influence on defining the ‘relevant public’ in EUTM oppositions

UPDATED: German music rights body targets ChatGPT maker in ‘world first’

German court convicts three people of fraud over ‘misleading’ IP invoices

‘This is a big problem’: The CRISPR controversy and the ‘mess’ at the heart of the EPO’s appeals boards

Cheese makers’ Halloumi TM appeal doesn’t cut it in UK

EU AI Act: The whole story or just Act One?

EU court picks holes in Emmentaler’s PDO case

More on this story

Editor's picks

Editor's picks

More articles