11 November 2020TrademarksRory O'Neill

CJEU says ex-business partners can’t register ‘similar’ TMs

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has blocked UK consumer products retailer John Mills from registering ‘Mineral Magic’ as an EU trademark.

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