2007 a Record Year

According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), 2007 was a record year for international trademark filings.  According to the organization, 39,945 international trademark applications were filed in 2007. 
Applicants from Germany, for the 15th consecutive year, led the list of top filers, followed by users in France, the United States of America (USA) and the [...]

French Skiing Trademarks

This judgment comes from the Grenoble (France) civil appeals court.  So, this article has meaning since I spent a good deal of time in Grenoble in the 1990s.
The trademarks “Écoles de ski internationale” and “ESI snowboard award école de ski internationale” were registered in 1994 by Michel Vachez an independent ski instructor based at l’Alpe-d’Huez.  [...]