About: Alistair Payne

The similarity threshold for trademark dilution under Article 8(5) – how low does it go?

• Volvo opposed registration of V-WHEELS based on earlier VOLVO marks under Articles 8(1)(b) and (5);
• The Board of Appeal found that, as the signs were dissimilar, the first condition of the test under Article 8(5) had not been fulfilled;
• The...

Ireland’s implementation of the much debated Article 17 of the new Copyright Directive