A recent judgment of the European Court of Justice makes it clear that trademark applicants must be very careful when filing a trademark application and must properly delineate the exact scope of the goods and services for which they seek protection. There is a tendency in a trademark filing to ask for the widest possible …
The IP Specialist Group of our international contact network Consulegis is very active in exchanging legal news from across the world, allowing all partner firms to remain on top of all relevant evolutions in IP-law. As of January 2015, this will allow us at Sirius Legal to periodically share on our firm’s website relevant legal …
Is the Belgian system of capped recovery of lawyer fees compatible with article 14 of the IP Enforcement Directive, that provides for the recovery of reasonable and proportionate legal costs by the party prevailing in an IP case? That is the question that the ECJ has to answer following a referral of preliminary question to …