ECJ TRADEMARK CASE
March 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLIN what must be one of the more curious legal conundrums at the European Court of Justice (ECJ), judges have rejected an attempt by Italian leather manufacturer Sergio Rossi to scrap the European Union-wide registration of a trademark that it actually owns. What makes the case odder still is that Rossi had already secured this registration in an appeal against an earlier rejection of its SISSI ROSSI mark for leather, imitation leather and leather goods. This appeal overturned a decision by the EU's trademark gatekeeper, the Office for ...
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