COMING UP BEFORE THE ECJ

The IPKat has learnt of the following goodies coming up before the ECJ in the coming week:

*The hearing in Dyson, a case concerning the registrability of the see-through drum element of Dyson’s vacuum cleaner as a trade mark (blogged by Jeremy earlier this morning). The IPKat says about time – the reference was made in June 2003;

*The Belgian Levi Strauss trade mark judgment concerning infringement of the Levi jeans pocket shape;

*The judgment in Commission v Luxembourg concerning the implementation of the rental and lending right directive;

*The hearing in the Commission v Microsoft competition case before the CFI. This is scheduled for a whopping 5 days.