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EU Commission eager to protect know-how
By AWA Editor | Posted on February 13, 2013
The EU Commission has announced a consultative investigation into the protection of business-related and research-related know-how. The study follows the Commission’s report on trade secrets and parasitic copying (look-alikes), and is part of a wider investigation into the protection of intellectual property rights and innovation across the EU. The protection of valuable business information is...
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Community Design celebrates tenth anniversary
By AWA Editor | Posted on February 13, 2013
The European trademark authority (OHIM) is set to pass a key milestone in 2013 with the tenth anniversary of the first Registered Community Design (RCD) which was effected on 1 April 2003. Since then, OHIM has registered more than 690,000 RCDs. RCD has a number of benefits for anyone looking to apply for design protection...
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Haribo won trademark suit against Lindt’s gold-covered chocolate bear
By AWA Editor | Posted on January 14, 2013
A trademark suit between two European confectionary bears was recently decided by a court in Cologne, Germany. The victorious party was the German company Haribo, which had sued the Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli for trademark infringement. In 2011 Lindt & Sprüngli launched a chocolate bear called “Lindt Teddy” wrapped in gold foil and...
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