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Bang & Olufsen has been refused registration of the shape of one its speakers as a community trade mark. The General Court of the European Union confirmed that whilst the shape of a product may be registrable as a trade mark, a mark which consists exclusively of the shape which gives substantial value to the goods cannot: this is an absolute ground for refusing to register a mark. The court found that the design of the Bang & Olufsen speaker was an essential part of Bang & Olufsen’s branding and increases the value of the product as well as being a key selling point of the product. The shape therefore gives ‘substantial value’ to the product making it unregistrable.
This has to be the right decision: whilst the design of the product gives value to the goods it does not act as a badge of origin.
The Government appears set to announce plans on ‘living with Covid to restore freedom’. With the success of the retail and hospitality sector key to recovery, what protections will be on offer to tenants to deal with Covid-19 rent arrears?
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Break rights have proved a fertile source of litigation over the last few years. More often than not, tenants have found themselves on the wrong end of the decisions. However, a Court of Appeal decision yesterday has bucked that trend.
One of the requirements for tenants to contract out of the security of tenure regime contained in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 is that they make a simple or statutory declaration before entering into the lease.
Landlords should reconsider summary judgment if a Part 26A restructuring plan is pending.
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