Overview

The recent judgment in the much followed IP Translator case puts a nail in the coffin of the "class heading" approach to filing EU-wide trade mark applications. According to the Advocate General of the EU's Court of Justice, trade mark specifications that use "class heading" language should be taken to mean only what they say, rather than being taken to cover the whole content of the class.

In this briefing, Nabarro study the IP Translator case's background and decision, how the CJEU ruling will impact on trade mark owners, the development of a class heading approach and how class heading wording should now be interpreted.

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