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8 October 2020TrademarksRory O'Neill

Industry ‘common practice’ isn’t a factor in TMs: CJEU

The EU’s top court has said that trademarks intended to be applied to specific goods don’t need to be examined in light of standard commercial practices in a particular industry.

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