Annual Conference on Trade Marks and Designs in Europe 2016
Date: 20 October 2016
Time: 09:30
Duration: 2 days, 10 hours
Location: Metzer Allee 4, 54295 Trier
Cost: 426 EURO, minimum price
Organiser: Academy of European Law
Web Link: https://www.era.int/cgi-bin/cms?_SID=d3ca1c47cf4efd1f1dec49541cfd4b174f3634e900501730422010&_sprache=en&_bereich=artikel&_aktion=detail&idartikel=125708
Description:
Objective
The aim of this conference is to meet the requirements of trade mark and design law practitioners to keep informed about the recent case law and the latest EU legislative developments.
Key topics
- Adoption of the Trade Mark Reform and implications in practice;
- Online advertising and trade mark use: from L’Oréal to Daimler AG Trade mark protection requirements: functionality, “limping signs” and acquired distinctiveness;
- Likelihood of confusion and the assessment of weak trade marks;
- Trade mark registration for colours and the Louboutin saga;
- Latest update on CJEU case law on relative and absolute grounds for refusal;
- Spare parts for designs: lessons from Ford v Wheelstrims.
Who should attend?
Lawyers in private practice, in-house counsel and other practitioners of law dealing with trade marks and designs.
