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New proposed law: Legal privilege for patent attorneys before Danish courts

By Mikkel Roed Trier | Posted on February 28, 2018

After more than ten years of effort from Danish IP and industry associations, the industry hopes to soon enjoy legal privilege for patent attorneys before Danish courts. On 28 February, the Danish Minister for Justice proposed a number of changes to the Danish Administration of Justice Act (AJA), the most import of which relates to...

Tags: AJA, Denmark, IP, Legislation, US

New trademark legislation determines the conditions for creative brands

By Angela Boman | Posted on October 20, 2017

As of 1 October 2017, new rules for registration of EU trademarks apply. One significant change is the abolishment of the requirement of graphic representation of EU trademarks. In an EU application, the trademark reproduction in any suitable form using publicly available technology will be accepted as long as the EU trademark can be reproduced...

Tags: EU, graphical, IP, law, Legislation, Trademark, trademarks

A Favourite in Trademark Law: Repackaging – now gassy

By AWA | Posted on April 14, 2011

Danish courts are traditionally reluctant to ask preliminary questions on the interpretation of EU-legislation. Recently, the Supreme Court has done so, and quite comprehensively. During the 1990’s there were countless cases all over Europe regarding repackaging of products, especially medicines and printer toner cartridges, after parallel imports from one state to another. This case is a new...

Tags: Denmark, EU, Europe, Gas, Legislation, Packaging

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