Abstract This article focuses on the ability to protect three non-traditional signs as trade marks in EU: smell (olfactory marks), taste (gustatory marks) and feel (tactile marks). All types of subject matter can meet definition a sign. According majority view literature practice, none currently be represented register with sufficient clarity precision, however. It is argued that veracity findi...

Renovators of old buildings sometimes discover concealed inscriptions made by past tradesmen. They are a means communicating with fellow workers and posterity passing on the traditional culture building trade. This article investigates collection graffiti created early nineteenth-century plumbers. It explores how why these marks were -in celebration tradesmen's skills - deduces their meanings, ...

Abstract While the creation and still outstanding implementation of Unified Patent Jurisdiction system continue to cause contentious debates among academics practitioners, introduced in early 1990s for adjudication conflicts concerning unitary trade marks (and, later on, design rights) had charm simplicity. Building on national court systems instead providing a genuine EU judiciary, scheme coul...

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