The case at hand centered on FC Barcelona (Spain) player Mr Lionel Messi, who requested in August 2011 an application with EUIPO in order to register an EU trademark for a fitness and sportswear brand. A few months later, Mr Jaime Masferrer Coma, a businessman specialized in sport’s apparel, filed a notice of opposition to the registration of the mark applied for by...
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18
Sep
2020
The European Court of Justice Authorizes Messi to Register his Name as Trademark
On 17 September 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) dismissed the appeal filed by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and a Spanish clothes manufacturer against football player Lionel Messi, who wanted to register his name as a trademark.