Brussels, 22/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - The EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) is not legally bound by judgements returned by national trademark courts of the EU, although they must take these into account, the Court of Justice of the EU confirmed in a verdict returned on Thursday 21 July.
The EUIPO, which replaced OHIM in March (EUROPE 11512), has sole competence to authorise or reject the registration of an EU mark, whereas the national trademark courts of the EU are used to bring...