Magnus Friberg has been invited to speak and together with Mr. Seppo Salminen PhD, co-chair one of the sessions at the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics’ annual meeting in Turku, Finland, on 7-9 June 2016. The title of the session is “Regulatory developments for probiotics and prebiotics in European Union – does it... Read more »

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Magnus Friberg has been invited to speak at the ERA – The Academy of European Law, Annual Conference on EU Law in the Food Sector 2016 in Parma, Italy 19-20 May. Magnus will speak to recent developments in EU food law and policies. For more information please visit https://www.era.int/cgi-bin/cms?_SID=14b17f5aaf9328251bd37b358a33014f2cd34bcc00468274260732&_sprache=en&_bereich=artikel&_aktion=detail&idartikel=125688

Do you have trademarks in the EU with an application date prior to June 22th 2012? In connection with the new EU trademark regulation all those who have applied for a trademark prior to June 22th 2012 have the opportunity to specify their classifications, so they cover the goods and services which their trademark is... Read more »

In a recently published referral to the Swedish Council on legislation, the Swedish government presented a new court, with exclusive competence over IP- and market law oriented cases. Today, these kinds of cases are divided between the general courts, the administrative courts and the Market Court. The referral also suggested that the court shall be... Read more »

For several years, the multinational hardware and software company Apple Inc. has employed patents, design patents and trademarks as means for protecting their designs. A few years ago, the U.S Patent and Trademark Office even granted trade mark protection, as a 3D mark, for the appearance of Apple’s flagship store. Ever since, Apple has tried... Read more »

When the Court of Justice of the European Union presented their preliminary ruling in the case C-131/12 (the Costeja-case) an EU wide principle was established appointing a responsibility for search engine companies to protect the personal data of individuals by, under certain circumstances, removing personal data from the list of search results. This has been... Read more »

An efficient trademark protection does not merely include the possession of trademark registrations. You need also to take actions in court against infringement of your rights. When the Vodka producer Purity Vodka noticed that their competitor, Absolut Vodka used Purity’s registered trademark and company name Purity, they felt obliged to initiate court proceedings to enforce... Read more »

A newly published case study on international R&D cooperation contributes in-depth knowledge on how IP may bring together countries in different stages of economical development. The different cases provide interesting examples of research and development focus areas and illustrate how these may be carried out in order to be successful over time. As a law... Read more »

During the career fair for law students at Lund University, “JiA-dagarna”, Gulliksson Advocates contributed with a showcase where our dedicated colleagues met students and answered their intriguing questions revolving issues such as the role as an advocate, what it means to work for a commercial law firm and what it entails to have such a... Read more »

Ever since technology development has allowed for characteristics beyond images, letters and numbers to differentiate goods and services in communicative efforts, the legal requirements of graphical representation for obtaining registered trademark protection has been criticized as hindering legitimate IP protection. From the recently released working document regarding the TPP (The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement) by WikiLeaks,... Read more »

On the second of October, The Office for Harmonization of the Internal Market (OHIM) launched new harmonized examination criteria for likelihood of confusion when assessing non-distinction. The new examination criteria will be applied by most of the trademark offices of EU member states (except for Italy) as well as by Iceland, Norway and Turkey. With... Read more »