Dr. Schwab writes in WTR Daily on the “Highlighter ruling”.

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BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner and trademark expert Dr. Florian Schwab has reported on the ruling recently issued by the European General Court (EGC) of June 27, 2013 (T-608/11 Beifa Group Co. Ltd. v. HABM) in the online professional journal World Trademark Review Daily of July 26, 2013. The court was dealing with the case in question for the second time. It ordered the cancellation of a Community design featuring a highlighter pen, because of an older 3D trademark belonging to Schwan-Stabilo. In doing so the court appears to have broken new ground, laying important foundations for the intersection of these two types of industrial property right.

Prof. Dr. H. Goddar to give talks at the “IPEX 2013 Conference and Exposition” in Hyderabad, India.

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From the 26th to the 27th of July 2013 the “IPEX 2013 Conference and Exposition”, organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry, is taking place in Hyderabad, India. BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar has been invited to give talks at the conference on the subject of “Building and Managing an IP Ecosystem for Business Excellence”. The goal of IPEX 2013 is to provide insight into a meaningful structure, in the form of guidelines and best practices, for companies and organizations with regard to an effective IP architecture. More information is available at.

Commentary by Dr. Guido M. Becker on the subject of the “Levi’s jeans cloth flag” appears in the GRUR (07/2013).

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BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT lawyer Dr. Guido M. Becker has published a commentary in the GRUR (journal on industrial property and copyright law, 07/2013, pp. 724 – 725) with regard to the ECJ ruling on the matter of C-12/12 (Colloseum Holding AG/Levi Strauss & Co.) of April 18, 2013. The ruling concerns the issue of “genuine use” of a position trademark, namely the positioning of the cloth flag on the back pocket of the well-known Levi’s brand of jeans.

Santa Clara University School of Law – Summer Programme with Professor H Goddar.

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The Santa Clara University (SCU) School of Law is putting on its renowned Summer Programme in Munich and other places. As part of this on 2nd July 2013 BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT Partner Professor Heinz Goddar will be lecturing on the topics of “Employees’ Inventions” and “Patent Enforcement”. The SCU Summer Programme addresses issues and case studies around patent law, trademark law and copyright law in Europe and extends over about four weeks (16th June – 16th July). The number of participants is limited to 30 students.