Patrinos & Kilimiris

Manolis Metaxakis of Patrinos & Kilimiris reports on a notable judgment in the Zara trademark dispute, highlighting a radical provision in the relevant Greek legislation and the ruling’s alignment with EU case law

Constantinos Kilimiris of Patrinos & Kilimiris draws on recent case law in noting that an applicant’s timely action fulfils the urgency requirement for the granting of a preliminary injunction

Maria Kilimiris of Patrinos & Kilimiris commends the approach taken by the Administrative Trademarks Commission in assessing the similarity of marks involving figurative elements and words

Evangelia Sioumala of Patrinos & Kilimiris suggests some of the reasoning applied in a decision by the Greek Trademarks Administrative Committee is not in line with settled EU case law

Evangelia Sioumala of Patrinos & Kilimiris reports on the rejection of a trademark application on absolute grounds because it was considered to contain a word of high symbolic importance

Manolis Metaxakis of Patrinos & Kilimiris says the Law on Trademarks now in force is a radical and healthy development, but uncertainty remains for trademark owners and legal practitioners regarding transitional issues