General Court confirms that ‘La Mafia se sienta a la mesa’ cannot be a trade mark on public policy grounds
General Court confirms that ‘La Mafia se sienta a la mesa’ cannot be a trade mark on public policy grounds
In this judgment the EU General Court (GC) confirmed the previous decisions of, respectively, the EUIPO Cancellation Division and the First Board of Appeal, and held that the figurative EU trade mark ‘La Mafia se sienta a la mesa’ (‘La Mafia takes a seat at the table’) should be declared invalid on public policy grounds under Article 7(1)(f) of Regulation 2017/1001 (EUTMR).
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Rosati, Eleonora
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1 June 2018
Rosati, Eleonora
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Rosati, Eleonora
(2018)
General Court confirms that ‘La Mafia se sienta a la mesa’ cannot be a trade mark on public policy grounds.
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 13 (6), .
Abstract
In this judgment the EU General Court (GC) confirmed the previous decisions of, respectively, the EUIPO Cancellation Division and the First Board of Appeal, and held that the figurative EU trade mark ‘La Mafia se sienta a la mesa’ (‘La Mafia takes a seat at the table’) should be declared invalid on public policy grounds under Article 7(1)(f) of Regulation 2017/1001 (EUTMR).
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Accepted/In Press date: 17 March 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 May 2018
Published date: 1 June 2018
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Local EPrints ID: 422752
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/422752
ISSN: 1747-1532
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