Limitation on the referential use of a third party's trademark The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has just answered the question referred for a preliminary ruling by the Spanish Supreme Court in the context of infringement proceedings concerning the trademark ZARA, which have...
We wish you a happy 2024 and take this opportunity to thank you for trusting us. Our offices will be closed on Monday 25 (Barcelona, Madrid, Alicante) and Tuesday 26 December (Barcelona, Alicante), as well as on 1 January....
CURELL SUÑOL closes the year 2023 with very good news. Our associates Isabela Robledo McClymont, Emil Edissonov and Mercè Hernández Gázquez, Intellectual Property (IP) lawyers, have been appointed as new partners of the firm. Isabela and Emil joined CURELL SUÑOL in 2010 and have been working...
Sound marks Sound marks are those made up exclusively of a sound or combination of sounds. Some examples are the famous McDonald's jingle "I'm loving it" or the Mercadona supermarket melody. As with any other type of trademark, the prerequisite for the registration of a sound mark...
Introduction In its recent judgment of 11/10/2023, related to another conflict between the marks HALLOUMI (national certification trademark) and GRILLOUMI (EU trademark), the General Court of the EU provided a new definition of likelihood of confusion for the cases where the earlier mark is a certification...
AI and Intellectual Property Every day, news about Artificial Intelligence (AI) fills the media, often highlighting negative aspects, such as the creation of fake photographs of celebrities or even strikes by screenwriters in Hollywood demanding protection against AI. However, rather than succumbing to the usual pessimism,...
We are very happy to announce that in the 2023 edition of IAM Patent 1000: The Top Patent Professionals, Curell Suñol SLP has been ranked Recommended in Prosecution. According to this magazine: A client-oriented approach forms the backbone of Curell Suñol’s service. A long-standing presence on the...
CURELL SUÑOL has been ranked this year in 4 categories: Excellent in Patent Prosecution, with special mention of Santiago Jordá, Nèstor Corominas and Robert Roser. Excellent in Trademark Prosecution, with special mention to Mireia Curell, Oscar Pírez and María Ceballos. Recommended in Trademark Litigation, with special mention to...
We are delighted to announce that our managing partner Mireia Curell Aguilà has been recognised as an honorary member of ECTA. Mireia was president of ECTA between 2006 and 2008. She is the first woman to receive this distinction and will certainly not be the last. We...
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