World Cup trade mark dispute: 1-0 says the German Federal Supreme Court

By Birgit Clark, Trade Mark Attorney, Boult Wade Tennant

This article discusses the German Bundesgerichtshof's recent trade mark decision concerning World Cup related trade marks and their exploitation by Fifa and other entities (case I ZR 183/07 "WM-Marken" of 12 November 2009).

This article was published in the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, January 2010, pages 81-82.

Please click here to read this article via the Oxford Journals website.