Talk at 'The Impact of Brexit on IP Law in the EU' - CNCPI/CEIPI, Seattle (WA, USA) - 20 May 2018

1. What role for
EU trade mark law in
a Brexit’ing UK?
Dr Eleonora Rosati
University of Southampton and IPKat
eleonora@e-LAWnora.com
@eLAWnora

2. Contents
• The role of the CJEU in shaping EU trade mark
law
• What does the future hold?

3. The role of the CJEU:
some examples
• L’Oréal v Bellure, C-487/07 (2009)
• L’Oréal v eBay, C- 324/09 (2011)
• Interflora v Marks & Spencer (2011)
• IP Translator, C-307/10 (2012)
• Nestlé v Cadbury, C-215/14 (2015)
• Sky v SkyKick (in progress)

4. What do they have in common?

5. What does the future hold?
• CJEU case law
– Status
– UK references
– Towards a departure?
• The new Trade Mark Directive
– UK not yet Brexit’ed by deadline for tranpositions
– Would it make sense to create different system in
the long term?

6. In conclusion .. A more appropriate title
What role forin
EU trade mark law
inof a Brexit’ing UK?

7. eleonora@e-LAWnora.com
@eLAWnora
Thanks for your attention!