Brussels, 10/07/2014 (Agence Europe) - The representation of the layout of a retail store, such as an “Apple” flagship store may be registered as a trade mark. That is the substance of the ruling made by the European Court of Justice on 10 July (C-421/13), rejecting the refusal of the German Patents Office to grant this trade mark to the layout of Apple retail stores.
The design of the Apple Store is protected by ruling on trademarks in the US. The US Patents Office agreed to register...