WHAT WAS IN YOUR CHILD’S SHOE?
The most wonderful time of the year has arrived. The festive season started with Sinterklaas, the most nostalgic celebration of all. We all felt like children again, in the early morning of 6 December, when inspecting with our offspring the contents of their little shoes. Toys, lots of toys, but also tangerines, chocolate figures, and […]
BREXIT : REPRESENTATION ISSUES
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit had the dubious honour of becoming only the second-most important news item of 2020. Fact is nonetheless that 31 December 2020 will mark the official end of the transition period, which followed the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January 2020. As a result, European laws and […]
VOORUIT OU MARCHE ARRIERE?
VOORUIT, le nouveau nom du parti solcialiste qiu embête le temple culturel gantois du même nom. Le SP.A, le parti socialiste flamand a décidé de changer de nom. Il s’appelle désormais VOORUIT. Ce nouveau nom est assez gênant pour le célèbre temple culturel gantois VOORUIT, qui existe depuis près de 40 ans et qui est […]
GLEISSNER’S BAD FAITH TRADE MARKS
The Benelux Intellectual Property Office has recently confirmed in Oneworld that the Benelux is not the appropriate jurisdiction for speculative trade marks and trade mark squatting, invalidating a Benelux trade mark of infamous trade mark troll Michael Gleissner on grounds of bad faith. THE FACTS The chronology of facts underlying the case was remarkable, to say […]
SCAM NETWORK CONDEMNED
Brussels Criminal Court condemns trademark scam network, but the battle is far from over. FENCER is pleased to report that it successfully represented the interests of the Benelux Association for Trademark and Design law (BMM) in a case before the Brussels Criminal Court involving misleading invoices for trade mark renewals. In a judgment of 29 […]
ABOUT VEGGIE AND VEGAN
Veggie burgers and vegan yoghourt : 2 weights, 2 measures? WHAT’S IN A NAME? “Veggie-burgers” and “tofu-steaks” may keep their names. This was confirmed by the European Parliament on 23 October 2020 during a vote on the Common Agricultural Policy in the EU. The meat industry had called for a ban on the use of names such […]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FENCER!
Fencer celebrated its first anniversary! One year down the road, we look back at en exciting start. Hungry for many more years. Thank you to the entire team and to our valued clients!