Case No. B-1176/2017 (FAC) | Decision of 10 January 2019
Apple surely is one of the most iconic brands. → Read more ...
How close can you go?
David Bensoussan and Rock dental AG have settled
Case No. O2017_026 ¦ Order of 11 September 2018
I had reported about the ownership dispute in summary proceedings between between David Bensoussan and Rock dental AG on this Blog here. → Read more ...
Silicon hairspring technology being litigated
Case No. S2018_006 | Hearing of 17 January 2019
The plaintiff CSEM is the patentee of EP 1 422 436 B1; see Swissreg and the EPO register for further bibliographic details. → Read more ...
The annual must-attend event on case-law of the FPC on March 28, 2019
Don’t miss VESPA‘s annual evening seminar about recent case law of the FPC on Thursday, March 28 in Zurich; see the program below. → Read more ...
A stylised fish does NOT have a significant religious meaning
Case No. B-4729/2018 (FAC) | Decision of 12 December 2018
Richemont’s trademark application 58809/2016, a stylised fish, for watches etc. → Read more ...
Exhaustive discussion through all instances: The list of grounds for nullity is exhaustive.
Case No. 4A_415/2018 (Supreme Court) ¦ Decision of 7 December 2018, on appeal against O2017_016 (FPC) ¦ Decision of 12 June 2018
The setup of this case is pretty simple:
Salmon Pharma as the defendant in SPC infringement proceedings neither disputed validity of the basic patent EP 0 716 606 B1 of Genzyme Corporation, nor that the subject-matter of the SPC C00716606/01 is actually covered by the basic patent or that the attacked embodiment (sevelamer carbonate) is covered by the SPC. → Read more ...
A walk on the WILD side
Case No. 4A_234/2018 ¦ Decision of 28 November 2018 (Supreme Court) on appeal against HG 13 20 ¦ Decision of 08 February 2018 (Commercial Court Berne, unpublished)
To put this case in context, it is helpful to know that WILD Heerbrugg was a Swiss company established in 1921 that produced high quality optical instruments; see the Virtual Archive of WILD Heerbrugg for further information. → Read more ...
The eagle has landed
Case No. HG 17 77 | Decision of 9 November 2018
As already reported in the newspaper ‘Der Bund’ on 19 December 2018, the Swiss watch manufacturer Glycine Watch SA was ordered to abstain from using its current logo because it could be confused with the logo of the luxury label Giorgio Armani. → Read more ...
FAC overrules IPI and acknowledges acquired distinctiveness of the sign POSTAUTO
The Swiss Post filed the trademark application 61979/2010 ‘POSTAUTO’ already back in November 2010; see Swissreg. After the original application had been split up and a first trademark had been allowed to proceed to grant with a relatively wide scope covering inter alia transportation of goods and persons and operation of buses according to timetables in class 39 (CH 674’035; see Swissreg), the IPI maintained its objection with respect to some further goods and services and refused the remaining application on 31 December 2015. → Read more ...
Meanwhile in Texas — Happy Holidays
The year is coming to an end, holiday season is approaching … — and nothing more to report from the FPC this time. → Read more ...
Expectation of success: Please, be reasonable! (Part 1/2)
I have a dream today …
No, not about the civil rights movement. I am far less ambitious. I am just wondering: Wouldn’t it be great if one day we would all do the same when assessing obviousness? → Read more ...
Riendeau ./. Zehnder: Heat exchanged?
Case No. 4A_277/2018 ¦ Decision of 01 October 2018 (Supreme Court) on appeal against O2015_009 ¦ Decision of 21 March 2018 ¦ ‘Wärmeaustauschelement: Feststellung der gemeinsamen Berechtigung an der Anmeldung’
Please see this Blog here for a discussion of the underlying decision of the FPC. → Read more ...