On 28 May 2022 the amended version of the German Preisangabenverordnung (PAngV – Price Indication Regulation) has entered into force. The amended law includes some relevant changes in the German law – possibly also for your business. The new Price Indication Regulation does not provide...
German country report on company names, trade names and other identifiers, written by Sascha Abrar, just published by Marques Marques Trade name project: Germany and Czech Republic country reports: "The MARQUES Unfair Competition Team has published two more reports as part of its project on company names,...
Sascha Abrar co-chaired a study on company names, trade names and other business identifiers, conducted and published by the MARQUES Unfair Competition Team. The study is summarized by HouseMARQUES, Issue 106, October 2019, as follows: “There is great divergence in the law on trade names,...
There is a discussion in Germany whether an infringer who has received an injunction has to actively recall the products. And the German recall-saga continues, as the Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Düsseldorf has just recently decided in an unfair competition matter that the obligation...
In Germany, an opposition or a court action against a German trade mark can be based not only on a senior trade mark but also on a senior domestic or foreign company name or trade name. Dr. Sascha Abrar investigates for Kluwer Trademark Blog that...
Dr. Sascha Abrar and Oliver Löffel of LÖFFEL ABRAR recommended by WHO´S WHO LEGAL as leading practitioners for Trademark Law Germany (WWL 2018)...