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The Spanish newspaper EL PAÍS has published in its 5th of May 2011 edition an article by Luis Berenguer and Mario Pomares, partners of our firm, about the launching of Nespresso compatible capsules by Marcilla, a brand owned by Sara Lee. The article can be consulted in the following link: http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/monopolio/propia/maquina/elpepisoc/20110505elpepisoc_2/Tes

On 8 May 2010, the Regional Federation of Metal Industry Companies of Murcia (FREMM) holds the 18th technical seminar addressed to car repair workshops. Our partner Luis Berenguer will take part with a lecture on the legal regime of the after-sales service.

On May 3rd, Luis Berenguer, Partner of Berenguer & Pomares, will be giving a lecture on the EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION at the Law school of the ‘Universidad de los Andes’, in Bogotá, Colombia. This University is well known for its attractive program on Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law.

In a recent and novel ruling, the opposition division of the OHIM has rejected the registration of the Community Trade Mark “CASTELLON CLEMENTINES” due to the opposition filed by the PGI CITRICOS VALENCIANOS, underlining that EC Regulation 510/2006 is to be applied when dealing with a CTM application conflicting with a Protected Geographical Indication. The

«Ratio Legis», the lawyers and notaries’ journal of Guatemala, published, in the issue nº 2, a brief comment by Luis Berenguer, Managing Partner of Berenguer & Pomares, on the first Judgement awarding moral damages to a Regulatory Board of a Geographical Indication. The mentioned article can be consulted in the following link http://issuu.com/revista_ratio_legis/docs/revista_ratio_legis_segunda_edicion

The public body RED.ES, responsible for the registration of domain names under the Spanish code .es has recently agreed to transfer the ownership of the domain name www.camaralicante.es to the Alicante Official Chamber of Commerce. Previously The Chamber initiated legal proceedings before an independent arbitrary body to reclaim the mentioned domain name which had been misappropriated.

Berenguer & Pomares has been chosen as legal adviser to train officials of the Kenyan Intellectual Property Institute (KIPI) in the implementation and development of rules in the matter of Geographical Indications. This award was made in the framework of a cooperation project funded by the Swiss Intellectual Property Institute (IPI) and will run throughout the

The Commercial Court N. 1 of Oviedo, on the 5th of April 2010 notified a Judgement which allowed the claim filed on behalf of the Consorzio of the P.D.O. Formaggio Parmigiano-Reggiano based on an infringement of the P.D.O. and on unfair competitions activities. This decision not only found that the use of the term ‘Parmeso’

A Regional Seminar on Geographical Indications in Douala (Cameroon) organized by Tradecom Facility, an ambitious program of technical assistance to the states in the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of states (ACP) in the field of commerce created by the European Development Fund, will take place on 27 and 28 April. Aitor Pomares will take