Defences to infringement in the EU trademark reforms: a mixed bag
Most of the amended EU trademark regulation came into force on March 23, 2016. The changes were substantive (adding new defences and grounds for invalidity) as well as stylistic (eg, removing the dated references to the “Community”). Now that the dust has settled, this article will focus on some of the more substantial changes to the defences to infringement available to those threatened with legal proceedings.
