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29th Mar 2024

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Adidas loses 'three-stripe' trademark case

The General Court of the European Union on Wednesday ruled against Adidas in its efforts to trademark its three-stripe logo. "Adidas does not prove that that mark has acquired, throughout the territory of the EU, distinctive character following the use which had been made of it," said the court in a long-standing dispute between the German sportswear manufacturer and the Belgian company Shoe Branding Europe.

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Opinion

EU Modernisation Fund: an open door for fossil gas in Romania

Among the largest sources of financing for energy transition of central and eastern European countries, the €60bn Modernisation Fund remains far from the public eye. And perhaps that's one reason it is often used for financing fossil gas projects.

'Swiftly dial back' interest rates, ECB told

Italian central banker Piero Cipollone in his first monetary policy speech since joining the ECB's board in November, said that the bank should be ready to "swiftly dial back our restrictive monetary policy stance."

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