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Lipstick Lawyering
In the middle of last month, the EU General Court ruled on the question, whether the shape of a lipstick case can function as a trademark. The judgment reverses an earlier, negative decision of [...]
Revisiting Chanel v. Huawei
A battle of the giants: fashion powerhouse Chanel and tech gigant Huawei fought it out in the realm of IP law, which allowed for a clarification of the extent of protection of visual marks [...]
Inspiration Or Imitation?
The District Court of Berlin recently ruled on the distinction between new separate works inspired by earlier works and the imitation of earlier works.[1] The case concerned one of the world's most famous furniture [...]
Terminating Your Model Agency Contract
The Higher Regional Court of Celle in Germany recently ruled on the question whether fashion model agency contracts are so-called “contracts of higher nature” according to German Civil Law with the consequence that the [...]