Questions of Translation and Dilution –the CJEU rules on Similarity between GOLDEN BALLS and BALLON D’OR

Authors: Wei, L.

Journal: European Intellectual Property Review

Volume: 37

Issue: 4

Pages: 251-255

ISSN: 0142-0461

Abstract:

The author argues that the Court of Justice of the European Union's (CJEU's) ruling in the 2014 joined Community trade mark (CTM)-related cases Intra-Presse v. OHIM, Golden Balls "does not expose any genuine loophole in statute nor in case law," but it reiterates a "global appreciation assessment of the likelihood of confusion" with regards to two signs. Trademark dilution, foreign languages, and a CTM dispute involving the Ballon d’Or football (soccer) awards. Distinctiveness is also examined.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/23204/

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Questions of translation and dilution: the CJEU rules on similarity between GOLDEN BALLS and BALLON D’OR.

Authors: Wei, L.

Journal: European Intellectual Property Review

Volume: 37

Issue: 4

Pages: 251-255

ISSN: 0142-0461

Abstract:

The author argues that the Court of Justice of the European Union's (CJEU's) ruling in the 2014 joined Community trade mark (CTM)-related cases Intra-Presse v. OHIM, Golden Balls "does not expose any genuine loophole in statute nor in case law," but it reiterates a "global appreciation assessment of the likelihood of confusion" with regards to two signs. Trademark dilution, foreign languages, and a CTM dispute involving the Ballon d’Or football (soccer) awards. Distinctiveness is also examined.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/23204/

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