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Case Law

Here you will find a selection of decisions from French and European courts, authorities, and offices. Various teams at CASALONGA were involved in some of the cases handled. Other cases are mentioned here due to their particular importance

3 October 2013

Paris First Instance Court - ETEX v/ VERTIGO

The Etex company was represented by Arnaud Casalonga, Attorney at law.

In 2011 the Vertigo company specializing in the creation and installation of stands for professionals sued the company Etex before the Paris Court for infringement of its stand (…)

7 June 2013

OHIM - CTM Eastpak v/ CTM Easy Pack

JANSPORT APPAREL, owner of the well known semi figurative mark EASTPAK, was represented by Cristina Bercial-Chaumier, Attorney at law. The Opposition Division fully accepts the position of JANSPORT and completely rejects the semi figurative trademark application EASYPACK.

The opposition was based on the prior semi figurative Community trademark EASTPAK for all the goods of class 25, particularly clothes, articles of clothing for sportswear and (…)

17 May 2013

Paris First Instance Court - BIOGARAN v/ ASTELLAS

The BIOGARAN company was represented by Arnaud Casalonga and Marianne Gabriel Attorneys at law, assisted by Gérard Dossmann, Patent Attorney.

The company Astellas Pharma owns a European patent on a continuous release formulation that can be used in particular for the tamsulosin hydrochloride. It commenced (…)

6 March 2013

Paris Court of Appeal - LUNA v/ MINELLI

The Luna company was represented by Arnaud Casalonga and Marianne Gabriel, Attorneys at Law.

The Luna company has sued the Minelli company for copyright infringement on a bag model it created. The Paris Court of Appeal held that Luna was admissible and well founded (…)

15 February 2013

EPO - L’OREAL v/ HENKEL AG & Co. KGaA

The opponent, L'OREAL, was represented by Gérard Dossmann, European Patent Attorney. The decision of the Opposition Division is entirely favorable to the opponent L'Oreal and revokes the patent of Henkel for lack of novelty and inventive step.

The invention of claim 1 of EP patent No. 0,875,236 owned by Henkel is the use of an aqueous formulation for treating keratinic fibers, especially human hair, containing at (…)

25 January 2013

Paris 1st Instance Court - FLEX - ELEKTROWERKZEUGE v/ LEROY MERLIN & al

The companies LEROY MERLIN FRANCE and GROUPE ADEO were represented by Arnaud CASALONGA, Lawyer. The decision revokes the trademark GIRAFE which was cited against LEROY MERLIN and rejects any infringement.

The owner of the French Trademark GIRAFE and the Community Trademark GIRAFFE, designating grinding tools in classes 7 and 8, charged LEROY MERLIN FRANCE and GROUPE ADEO (…)

17 January 2013

Paris First Instance Court - GUCCIO GUCCI & al v/ VETIR

The company Vetir (Eram Group) was represented by Arnaud Casalonga Attorney at Law.

In 2011 the companies Guccio Gucci and Gucci France filed a complaint against the company Vetir on trademark infringement and unfair competition, on the basis of the sale of (…)