Intellectual Property Law | Obtaining trademark protection for the shape of its lipstick tube, or how Guerlain sailed on the boat hull shape of its lipstick

Droit des marques : Guerlain et son rouge G

“A trademark” is a legal and marketing notion that we are all familiar with. Because you don’t need to be a lawyer to see that a trademark is of essential value in the competitive world. A trademark helps distinguish goods … Lire plus

Intellectual Property Law | Freedom of expression & creation in the face of copyright. Tintin and his imagined parallel life– An infringement of copyright or the Right to parody?

Droit de la Propriété Intellectuelle | La liberté d'expression et de création face au droit d'auteur. Tintin et sa vie parallèle imaginée – Atteinte aux droits d'auteur ou Droit de parodier ?

Taxi pour noctambules – 2014 – Marabout Tintin, Snowy, Captain Haddock, Thomson and Thomson, Professor Calculus, Bianca Castafiore. These characters belong to the international and intergenerational cultural domain. The general public knows both them and their creator, Hergé. Their renown … Lire plus

Intellectual Property Law | Acquisition of the “Vendôme” trademark to identify jewellery: a smart alliance between the town of the same name and the LVMH group

Droit de la Propriété Intellectuelle | Acquisition de la marque « Vendôme » pour désigner des produits de joaillerie : une belle alliance entre la Ville éponyme et le groupe LVMH

On 30 March 2012, Vendôme city council, a territorial authority in the Loir-et-Cher department of France, applied to the French National Institute for Intellectual Property (INPI) for the protection of the name “Vendôme” as a French trademark, identifying varied products … Lire plus

Aude Le Tannou and Philippe Schmidt advised TreasuryXpress shareholders on its acquisition by Bottomline Technologies

Aude Le Tannou et Philippe Schmidt ont accompagné les actionnaires de TreasuryXpress lors de la cession de la société à Bottomline Technologies

TreasuryXpress, a leading provider of cloud-based treasury management solutions for corporations and banks around the world, joins Bottomline Technologies, a leading provider of financial technology that makes complex business payments simple, smart and secure. Our teams from Corporate, Tax law … Lire plus

Intellectual Property Law | Relying on trademark laws to supplement insufficient copyright protection? Not a good idea unless you can demonstrate genuine intention to use the work as a trademark. The Banksy case is a good reminder of this.

Is it possible to protect your artistic work under trademark law? Yes, if the motivation for this search for protection is that of the protection of a work used as a trademark. Thus, when filing for a trademark, the applicant … Lire plus