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El Clasico: classic and descriptive terms of sporting events

 On February 17, 2017, the international figurative mark designating the European Union El Classics, No. 1379292, belonging to the Liga national de footboy professional, is registered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The registration is notified to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), which, after examination, totally rejects the trade mark application, on the grounds that it is descriptive and lacks any distinctive character. On October 8, 2018, the applicant lodged an appeal with the EUIPO but this was rejected by a decision of October 1, 2019. The applicant therefore applied to the General Court of the European Union so that her trademark El Classics could be registered. In its decision of February 24, 2021, the General Court of the European Union analyzes the descriptive nature of the El Classics registration application and notes its lack of distinctive character. The descriptive nature of the terms "el classics" The Court recal...

Decisions on patents from the Barcelona audience (2/2). Indirect Patent Infringement (I) Trademarks and appellations of origin (2/2)

 Two interesting decisions of the Provincial Court of Barcelona, ​​on patents, during 2020. The second is the SAP Barcelona Judgment November 13, 2020. It very well defines indirect patent infringements: products that do not violate the patent itself; but they can be used to violate it. And it defines when the use is legitimate and when it is an indirect infringement. INDIRECT PATENT INFRINGEMENT? The plaintiff "Amador" is the holder of a patent for a procedure to regenerate bone tissue; his main claim centered on the preparation of a plasma gel from the blood of a patient. He sued SOLUCIONES BIOREGENERATIVAS S.L, a company that sold kits and centrifuges to obtain platelet-rich plasma, which were not directly covered by the patent. He alleged that the defendant had indirectly infringed the patent. Art. 60 of the Patent Law says: Prohibition of indirect exploitation of the invention. 1. The patent confers… on its owner the right to prevent… [from] delivering or offering to del...

Learn about resources and how to do Use them & Learning to use classes

 Resources are an essential part of strategy games . Good strategy players games know when and how to use these resources to their advantage. Resource management can, at the very least, make or break your game. Learning about these resources and how to use them properly can help you you win the game.  Use resources to your advantage Strategy game players must plan, manage and control streams in-game resources to successfully achieve game goals. All games where using resources just for accounting is not required players to manage resources. Here, they have to decide how they use the resources to perform various tasks and struggles to achieve various goals and plan how achievable new resources and judging the resources that can get the most value future. Almost every strategy game has one, which includes real-time ones a strong component of resource management, usually with the ultimate goal to overcome the opponents by getting the most out of it resources. Using patterns The ke...