13 May 2021TrademarksMuireann Bolger

General Court overturns EUIPO’s ‘incorrect analysis’ of ‘illusions’ TM

An EU court has quashed a ruling by an EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)’s board of appeal, finding that it had erred in its analysis of a trademark’s potential to cause consumer confusion.

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