The Trade Marks Directive 2015 (2015/2436) harmonises trade mark rights in European Union law. Council Directive No. 89/104/EEC, "to approximate the laws...

(The Trade Marks Directive) which forms the framework for the trade mark laws of all EU member states, and replaced an earlier law, the Trade Marks Act...

United Kingdom trade mark law provides protection for the use of trade marks in the UK. A trade mark is a way for one party to distinguish themselves...

types commonly encountered, such as trade dress, collective marks, and certification marks: Trade dress: the design and packaging of a product. For example...

then rejected) Directive on the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products (87/54/EEC 16 December 1986) Trade Marks Directive (89/104/EEC...

A directive is a legal act of the European Union that requires member states to achieve particular goals without dictating how the member states achieve...

vibration absorber Traction maintenance depot, a rail engine shed Trade Marks Directive, a European Union law Tottenham Mandem, an English street gang This...

The Data Protection Directive, officially Directive 95/46/EC, enacted in October 1995, was a European Union directive which regulated the processing of...

these norms. The Trade Marks Directive enables a common system of trade mark registration so that, with exceptions, a registered trade mark applies across...

representation of non-conventional trademarks under the European Trade Marks Directive. The case involved a "methyl cinnamate" scent, which the applicant...

required by an EU Directive. Approximation is a key word generally employed within the title of a directive, for example the Trade Marks Directive of 16 December...

securities markets, investment intermediaries, in addition to trading venues. The directive provides harmonised regulation for investment services of the...

the EU Trade Marks Directive. The court considered what elements are required to show that a later mark was causing dilution to an earlier mark. The case...

The main types of acts under this heading are EU treaties (sector 1), directives, regulations, decisions as well as consolidated legislation (sector 0)...

most important of which are regulations, and in certain circumstances to directives. The ECJ first articulated the doctrine of direct effect in the case of...

of the Trade Marks Act 1994 Trade Marks Act 1994 were intended to implement Articles 2 and 3 of the Trade Mark Directive Trade Marks Directive which also...

national governments (focusing on competition law, state aid, trade, agriculture and trade marks). The General Court is composed of 2 judges from each member...

transparent advertising and disinformation. It updates the Electronic Commerce Directive 2000 in EU law, and was proposed alongside the Digital Markets Act (DMA)...

effective. However, the expansion of the doctrine of direct effect to include directives and other measures served to create a distinction between direct applicability...

Firearms Pass was first introduced in the European Firearms Directive of 1991. The amending directive 2008/51/EC was approved in May 2008 and member states'...

ordinary legislative procedure is the main legislative procedure by which directives and regulations are adopted. It was formerly known as the codecision procedure...

recognition which must be accorded to colour trade marks in most countries, the graphical representation of such marks sometimes constitutes a problem for trademark...

Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament...

Agency Work Directive Trade Marks Directive European Directive on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Unfair Commercial Practices Directive Universal...

The Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (Commission proposal...

all member states simultaneously. Regulations can be distinguished from directives which, at least in principle, need to be transposed into national law...

structure, jurisdiction, and operational procedures. Directive (EU) 2017/1371, also known as the PIF Directive, specifies the criminal offences affecting the...

aiming at preparation of legislation in Member States, differing from the Directive only by the absence of obligatory power. Article 292 notes that the European...

The ATEX directives are two of the EU directives describing the minimum safety requirements for workplaces and equipment used in explosive atmospheres...

- the court interpreted the meaning of Article 4 (4)(a) of the Trade Marks Directive. Joined cases C-446/09 and C-495/09 concerned the interpretation...