EU Marks a Quarter of a Century

This book looks back on 25 years of pioneering EU trade mark practice, through the eyes of various experts from all over Europe.
EU trade mark law – and, by extension, the trade mark laws of the EU Member States – has substantially evolved during these past 25 years. The success of the EU trade mark resulted in a shift from a ‘bottom-up’ harmonization of national trade mark systems to a ‘top-down’ approach based on the accurate EU trade mark system.
The first two contributions focus on the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s convergence efforts with the national trade mark offices and the impact of EU case law on national trade mark practice, respectively. The evolution of the EU trade mark system is further addressed through a wide variety of subjects of substantive law. The final chapter offers an analysis of the impact of Brexit on the EU trade mark systems.

FLIP PETILLION (editor) is a leading domestic and international dispute resolution counsel and arbitrator and regularly publishes on various topics related to intellectual property and arbitration (PETILLION, Belgium).

With contributions by Ana-Maria Baciu and Andreea Bende (Simion & Baciu, Romania), Alexander Schnider (GEISTWERT, Austria), Claus Barrett Christiansen and Maria Rose Kristensen (Bech-Bruun Law Firm, Denmark), Diégo Noesen (PETILLION, Belgium), Gerard Kelly and Jane Bourke (Mason Hayes & Curran LLP, Ireland), Jan Peter Heidenreich (Preu Bohlig, Germany), Eva Lachmannová (Šindelka & Lachmannová, Czech Republic), Matthew Harris (Waterfront Solicitors LLP, United Kingdom), Paul Micallef Grimaud and Nikolai Lubrano (Ganado Advocates, Malta), Richard Wessman, Stojan Arnerstål and Sofia Bergenstråhle (Vinge, Sweden).

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