Trade Mark Similarity: Is the Test of the CJEU’s Grand Chamber Satisfactory?

In this e-presentation, the speaker proposes a critical and constructive analysis of the reasoning adopted by the Court of Justice in some of its rulings dealing with likelihood of confusion, and particularly the test on the similarity of signs applied by the Grand Chamber’s ruling in BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH (KOMPRESSOR).

Geoffrey Hobbs

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