When using colours in internet and social media marketing strategies, companies are able to transmit values and emotions, thus enhancing the effectiveness of promotional messages. For this reason, the role of colour branding in the definition of brand identity is becoming increasingly fundamental for trademark rights. In particular, the role of eye-catching trademarks has become
CJEU lands groundbreaking decision on Data Protection and Antitrust
1. Background
In February 2019, the German Federal Cartel Office issued a decision prohibiting the tech giant Meta from using “off-Facebook data”[1] to create personalized advertising for German users. The authority considered such activity to be inconsistent with the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), thus constituting an abuse of Meta’s dominant position on the…
Breaking News: Nokia v. Daimler SEP dispute (and CJEU referral) settled
It seems that the long-awaited clarification by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on a number of open issues related to standard essential patent (SEPs) will have to wait a little longer after all.
Nokia and Daimler have indeed just announced in a joint press release that they have signed a patent…
Breaking News: Nokia v. Daimler referred to the CJEU. Questions raised by the Düsseldorf Regional Court translated
As widely anticipated, the Düsseldorf Regional Court has decided to refer to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) a series of question arising from a dispute between Nokia and Daimler regarding the alleged infringement of one of Nokia’s standard essential patent (SEPs) by Daimler’s connected cars.
The dispute in suit concerned in…