25 February 2016Trademarks

General Court ends Puma cat fight

The General Court of the European Union (CJEU) has overturned a ruling by the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) which said that a trademark application for a jumping cat-like creature was not too similar to an existing mark owned by sportswear brand Puma.

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