Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice Advance Access originally published online on January 30, 2006
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2006 1(4):239-240; doi:10.1093/jiplp/jpl011
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Relative protection for ABSOLUT trade mark
V&S Vin & Sprit AB (publ) Stockholm, Sweden
This decision of the First Board of Appeal relates not only to the issue of similarity between two trade marks but also to the question of whether rights relating to an established trade mark may prevent registration of a later trade mark applied for in respect of different classes of goods.