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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 last two weeks have seen yet another flurry of announcements regarding big high street names including Thomas Cook, Argos, Karen Millen and Coast.
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As part of the continued tightening of the restrictions on drone use within UK airspace, the latest amendments to the Air Navigation Order 2016 come into force on 30 November 2019.
H&M is the latest retailer to confront its landlords about this ‘two tier retail market’ in an attempt to explore and negotiate more favourable terms.
Ann Summers is the latest retailer to have entered into new voluntary deals with the majority of their landlords, rather than using the CVA process.
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