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Article: IP Snapshot - January 2009.(intellectual property law)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- February 4, 2009
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TRADE MARKS Gateway Inc. v OHIM, ECJ, 11 December 2008 The ECJ has upheld a CFI decision that, on a global assessment of the marks, there was no visual, phonetic or conceptual similarity between the earlier word and figurative marks GATEWAY and the applicant's mark ACTIVY MEDIA GATEWAY, for information technology products and services: the ECJ considered that "activy" was the distinctive and dominant element of the applicant's mark, and "gateway" being descriptive of the goods and services. As such, the ECJ considered that there was no likelihood of confusion (art. 8(1)(b) CTMR) and, as ...