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Dez 08, 2014
Inga Lukauskienė, Metida Law firm of Reda Žabolienė, Lithuania

Name of the country – not descriptive or misleading


Inga Lukauskienė, Metida Law firm of Reda Žabolienė, LithuaniaThe major shoes retailed UAB “Danbalt International” sought to register trademark DANIJA (in Eng. – DENMARK) for marking of shoes retail services in class 35. The examiner of the Office has refused registration of the mark stating that it simply designates the country of origin as constitutes only of the name of the country, on the other hand it can mislead the public as to the geographical origin of goods. The applicant has appealed the decision and obtained positive result – the Board of Appeals by the  read more