Advocate General Mengozzi delivered his opinion to the European Union’s Court of Justice (ECJ), on February 16 2012, denying the Appeal sought by Helena Rubenstein SNC and L’Oreal SA concerning…
Category: Famous Marks
Spanish Trademark Ruling Has One Side Happy, Other Side Seeing Red
Mark Bowman is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Courts of Appeals of Barcelona have dismissed an appeal by the Red Cross concerning the trademark infringement of…
Flower Powers – ECJ Rules On Interflora v Marks And Spencer
Ben Farrow is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On September 22, 2011, the European Court of Justice handed down a judgement on a series of trade mark…
Same Bat Marks, Same Batmobile – And That’s the Problem
Brent Randall is a JD candidate at the University of Ottawa. DC Comics, owner of the Batman character, filed a lawsuit on May 6, 2011, alleging infringement of its copyright…
Public Opinions Brewing Over Starbucks Logo Change
Leslie Chong is a J.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Starbucks has recently proposed a newly revamped logo to represent their company – a seemingly simple change that has…
The "Unconventionality" of Sound Marks
Ivy Tsui is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Granting trade-marks to outré elements such as sound, smell, shape, taste, and texture has long been considered unconventional. However,…