The decision of the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) to reject the opposition filed by UEFA in order to protect its Community trade mark “France 2016”, against the application for registration of the mark “2016 France Sporting Event”, must be annulled by the civil judge where there is a likelihood of confusion between the two signs for the consumer of average attention.
Appeals Court of Paris, 4 November 2016, no. 15/25003, UEFA
In February 2015, UEFA filed an opposition, on the basis of the semi-figurative community trade mark “France 2016” registered in 2014, to the application for registration of the...
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