Brussels, 05/05/2015 (Agence Europe) - The “Skype” sign (the well-known logo surrounded by a cloud and the verbal sign Skype) cannot be registered by the company of the same name as a Community trademark for audio, video, photo and telephony products or for IT and Internet services.
In a judgment returned on Tuesday 5 May (joined cases T-423/12, T-183/13 and T-184/13), the General Court of the EU argued that there was a risk of confusion between the Skype figurative and verbal sign and...