CommentaryDesignsPatentsTrademarksThe Gömböc case, or the setbacks of three-dimensional trademark protection – Clara Grudler
29 June 2020
On 23 April 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down a particularly enlightening decision on the notions of “shape of the product necessary to obtain the technical result” and “shape which gives substantial value to the product” (1). These are grounds for refusal or invalidity of a three-dimensional trade mark, […]