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

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

Intellectual Property Law | Is the use of your trademark in a form that is different from the one under which the trademark was registered considered genuine use of your trademark, thus allowing avoidance of revocation proceedings for non-use?

SBL - Évolution et déchéance de marque

In our “Trademarks” newsletter of 25 June, we reminded you that any holder of a trademark must effectively use it – i.e. he must make proper use of it in accordance with its essential function, which is that of guaranteeing … Lire plus