16 October 2019TrademarksTristan Sherliker

SkyKick: the death knell for ‘computer software’?

The CJEU's Advocate General has handed down an opinion in one of this year’s most interesting trademark cases. The effects strike at the heart of the trademark registration system, argues Tristan Sherliker of Bird & Bird.

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