https://www.bizcommunity.com/440/825.html Europe Intellectual Property Law news 15 IP Law news - Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/440/825.html en-us Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:02:46 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/tiktok-meta-fined-hundreds-of-millions-by-eu-regulators-for-data-privacy-breaches-251787a In a landmark ruling, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined TikTok €530m ($571m) for illegally transferring European users’ data to China, marking one of the largest penalties under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The decision reflects Europe’s intensified focus on data protection. 1-257560 Tue, 13 May 2025 11:34:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Intellectual Property Law Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/trademark-dispute-strips-mcdonalds-of-big-mac-exclusivity-in-eu-583460a A registered trade mark is vulnerable to revocation or cancellation for non-use if it has not been used for the goods and/or services for which it is registered for a certain amount of time. In most instances this time period is five years and is calculated from the date of registration, as in South Africa and the European Union. 1-250426 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:51:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Intellectual Property Law Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/825/238038.html The European Union (EU) is currently undertaking a review of its design laws, with the aim of making design law protection more relevant as the world transitions into a digital area. The proposed revision to the legislation introduces several key changes to expand the protection afforded by design law and to make it simpler, faster and more cost effective to protect and enforce design rights in the EU. 1-238038 Tue, 02 May 2023 12:21:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Intellectual Property Law Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/307/237115.html For most cheese lovers, taste is the thing. Whether it's a tangy blue stilton or a creamy oozing camembert, the most important element is the eating. But cheese has profound political and economic properties too, with implications for international trade deals and commerce. 1-237115 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:39:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Intellectual Property Law Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/178/236713.html Confectionery giant Mondelez International has announced that the iconic image of the Swiss Matterhorn mountain peak will no longer appear on the packaging of Toblerone chocolate. The packaging will also be changed to read "Established in Switzerland," rather than "of Switzerland". 1-236713 Thu, 09 Mar 2023 14:32:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Intellectual Property Law Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/307/232398.html In a move sure to upset chocoholics everywhere, discount supermarket Lidl was recently told to destroy its stocks of chocolate bunnies. The cull was ordered by a Swiss court that decided Lidl's bunny was too close to confectioner Lindt's iconic chocolate rabbit. 1-232398 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 07:24:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Intellectual Property Law Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/162/186502.html United Kingdom - "Blessed are the cheesemakers", runs the famous line from the Monty Python film Life of Brian. But a recent court case gives the lie to the notion that manufacturers of cheese have fortune on their side, after the court that interprets EU law ruled that cheese cannot be protected by copyright. 1-186502 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Intellectual Property Law Europe