At the beginning of 2024, HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER will expand the German patent team by four experienced and well-known new additions to the Düsseldorf site. The Düsseldorf patent team under the Managing Partner, Klaus Haft, now comprises 26 lawyers and patent attorneys. Andreas Staudigel and Ling-Ling Dorsch are a well-established…
Yesterday the CJEU handed down its long-awaited judgment in the SkyKick case (C-371/18). The Court ruled that insufficiently clear and precise goods or services descriptions cannot be brought under any of the grounds to invalidate an EU or national trade mark. Disagreeing on this point with the Advocate General,…