Singular 3D shapes applied to products can function as brand identifiers and proof of this is that, regardless of any other mark appearing on the shapes, everybody recognizes the Coca-Cola bottle , the Toblerone chocolate bar or the Duracell battery. However, 3D shape marks can be...
Can the technique of framing of works protected by copyright constitute an act of communication to the public of those works? In 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) was called upon to interpret the concept of “communication to the public” in the...
Recently, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has issued a domain name decision concerning the domain “sanofi.sucks” registered by Privacy Hero Inc. among other companies. The domain was used for a blog in which third parties left comments and criticisms about the practices of the French...
With the rise of environmentalism and awareness to take care of the planet, the popularity that alternative products to milk of animal origin has reached is an indisputable reality. One of the beneficiaries of this trend is the Swedish company Oatly, specializing in oat-based dairy...
At CURELL SUÑOL we have incorporated the latest technological trends and have moved to a new office in Barcelona to adapt to the new working reality. From now on we will offer our services, both face-to-face and remote, in beautiful premises with open-plan spaces, natural...
Kitchen robots allow us to cook healthier and faster. Their sales have soared in recent years, especially during the Covid-19 quarantine period. Is the market supply now down to one less? The robot “Monsieur Cuisine Connect”, one of the most popular and best-selling in Spain,...
– Get me a kleenex, a band-aid and an aspirin, please. I’ve cut my finger with a post-it while I was labelling the tupperwares. All these words that serve as nouns in the simulated conversation are part of our everyday language. However, we rarely realise that we are using brand names...
On 2 October 2020, India and South Africa asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive intellectual property rules internationally for all medicines, vaccines, or diagnostic tests aimed at treating COVID-19 until global herd immunity is achieved, which the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates at...
The EU, which is the world leader in GI protection (more than 3,400), will strengthen its current protection and consider what to do with those of non-agricultural products. When and how? GIs, i.e. protected designations of origin and geographical indications, are names that, like trademarks, distinguish a...
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