INTA 2026 Annual Meeting is approaching faster than you think. Each year, the International Trademark Association (INTA) brings together more than 10,000 IP professionals from around the world for a week of…

On 24 September 2025, the EUIPO Board of Appeal issued an interesting decision regarding the ground of opposition based on the earlier mark’s reputation (Article 8(5) EUTMR). For the following signs, the EUIPO…

Picture this: on a sunny morning, you peek into your mailbox (the real one, not your emails) and find a pretty envelope. As you reach for it with childish excitement, you ask yourself who had the lovely idea to…

New Name, Legal CheckRebranding and Trademark Law – What You Need to Know When Changing Your Brand NameRebranding can be an exciting yet risky move for any business. Whether you are modernizing your image, merging…

SUMMER – FESTIVAL TIME – BUILDING TRADEMARK VALUEWell over two months late for World IP Day, but still keen to talk about IP and music.Per chance, I recently listened to an OMR podcast with Holger Hübner, one of…

Have you ever posted a video of yourself performing a little dance on TikTok? Or uploaded photos of your latest vacation on a sun-bathed island on Instagram? There is a good chance that you did, since more than 5…

IP Right Holders do betterFindings of the “Intellectual Property Rights and Firm Performance in the European Union” firm-level analysis report by the EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) and the EPO…

Understanding Trademark Law Through the Lens of Halloween: A Spooky GuideHalloween, with its pumpkins, costumes, and haunted houses, is one of the most exciting and creative times of the year. But behind the…

Upon examining trademark applications, national trademark offices in the EU may refuse to register a sign that is contrary to “public policy” or “accepted principles of morality”. This somewhat lesser-known…

State-of-the-art IP management in the year 2024 requires in-depth expertise and an outstanding cloud- and AI-based software. As an interdisciplinary team of lawyers and patent attorneys as well as computer…

Genuine Use of a Trademark – Always relevant, always worth a ReminderIn our series of blog articles, genuine use of a trademark has already been an issue. But since the topic is very important and can even lead to…

LexDellmeier, the creative trademark, design, copyright and licensing law experts from Munich, Germany, and its team members would like to extend to all clients, colleagues and IP friends from around the world a…

Protecting slogans as trademarks is becoming more difficult. The European Union Intellectual Property Office’s (EUIPO’s) Board of Appeal (BoA) has dealt with the question of  registrability of slogans as…

All these small Gimmicks – Trademark Infringement?Vacation time. Travelling time. Hamburg. Miniatur Wunderland - the world´s largest model railway. An amazing place to spend a whole day, discovering all the small…

The EUIPO is establishing an important feature, a new initiative that they call “a ground-breaking step in global supply chain product authentication”: “EBSI-ELSA”.…

Alexandra Dellmeier of LexDellmeier - Intellectual Property Law Firm Intellectual Property Office talks about her career in IP and running her own firm. In April 2023, Managing IP launched Women Founders list, a…

The EU set its priorities for the next four years of combating severe and organized crime in May 2021. Within the framework of the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (“EMPACT”), a…

The significance of comprehending the scope of protection given to marks with a reputation in EU law was brought up again in a recent case. The trademark at issue in this case is unquestionably one of the most…

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When you go out to eat and you choose a drink with your meal, would go for mineral water, wine or beer? The answer, of course, depends on your individual preferences and habits. However, when it comes to…