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<font size="-1">a-haha. trademarks for the public good, yes.</font><br>
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<td>[The IPKat] "They shall not pass": Maltese make a
fake-trader cross</td>
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<td>Tue, 1 Mar 2011 14:38:25 -0800 (PST)</td>
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<td>Jeremy <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jjip@btinternet.com"><jjip@btinternet.com></a></td>
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<td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cunningly
disguised, the Maltese Customs officers could approach
importers <br>
of infringing goods without arousing any suspicions ...</i></td>
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<b>Who needs the Court of Justice of the European Union </b>to
ponder over the question whether you can seize infringing goods in
transit, when you've got the Maltese courts to rely on? The IPKat
has learned how, last Thursday, the Maltese courts handed down a
decision in a cross-border seizure case (regarding trade marked
pharmaceuticals) against the defendant. What were the facts? It
seems that the defendant was transporting the goods between India
and Libya, and therefore between non-EU member states. The defendant
argued that goods were not destined for local market and did not
therefore infringe any trade mark right in Malta. After all, if
there is going to be an infringement, there has to be some use in
the course of commerce in that country, and it is well known that
external transit does not amount to use in the course of trade. In
other words, the defendant raised all arguments as per <i>Montex </i>and
a whole fleet of other ECJ and UK case law (as cited and applied by
Mr Justice Kitchin in <i>Nokia</i>).<br>
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However, in a judgment delivered a week or two after the <b><a
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href="http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2011/02/faking-it-or-beyond-suspicion.html">AG’s
opinion on <i>Nokia</i></a></b> was issued, the Maltese judge
stated that the interpretation of whether the goods are infringing
or not could be assessed by examining the Cross Borders Measures
legislation, and need not be examined in the light of the Trade
Marks Act (and Regulation). He said that the Cross Borders Measures
legislation was a stand-alone piece of legislation, which did not
require an interpretation of trade mark infringement in order to be
operative.<br>
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Thank you, Jeanine Rizzo (Associate, Fenech & Fenech Advocates),
for this fascinating news. Jeanine has offered some tasty chunks of
translated judgment which the Kats excitedly await.<br>
<br>
How to make a Maltese Cross <b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://killingthejoke.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-do-you-make-maltese-cross.html">here</a></b>,
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/maltese-cross-tattoos.html">here</a></b>,
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=5708">here</a></b>,
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.citizen.co.za/citizen/content/en/citizen/confidential-by-girl-friday?oid=175218&sn=Detail&pid=829&Maltese-cross">here</a></b><br>
How to make a Venetian Blind <b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100111053624AAs9tKz">here</a></b><br>
How to make a Swiss Roll <b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ehow.com/how_2306033_make-swiss-roll.html">here</a></b>
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IPKat</a> on 3/01/2011 10:38:00 PM
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