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Trademarks under the EmpCo Directive: navigating risks in the era of greenwashing rules

The upcoming EmpCo Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/825 as regards empowering consumers for the green transition), part of the EU's broader Green Deal initiative, introduces stricter rules to combat greenwashing and ensure...more

2025 Horizons Life Sciences and Health Care

In 2025, Life Sciences and Health Care (LS&HC) companies face rapidly evolving regulatory paradigms that create transactional risks and require daily monitoring. After more than 70 national elections in 2024, the dust hasn’t...more

CJEU’s AG on EU designs: Designs do not require originality, and fashion trends do not limit the freedom of the designer

In one of the rare design cases before the CJEU, Advocate General Emiliou recently had the opportunity to clarify some fundamental requirements of protection for EU designs (Case C-323/24, Deity Shoes v Mundorama Confort and...more

On Hold: EU pulls the plug on Green Claims Directive

What happened? The European Commission announced on Friday, 20 June 2025 that it is considering scrapping its proposed directive to introduce substantiation and certification requirements for environmental claims and labels,...more

ESG Market Alert UK – June 2025

A growing divergence in sustainable investing approaches is emerging between Europe and the United States, with UK and European pension funds increasingly reinforcing their ESG commitments, while many U.S. asset managers...more

Naming and Labelling of vegan and vegetarian products – it's what it says on the tin

There is an ever-increasing number of consumers who are following a vegetarian or even vegan diet – and with this comes a wide range of vegetarian and vegan foods that can now be found in many supermarkets and restaurants....more

German Supreme Court’s first decision on “Climate neutral” claims in advertising

The German Federal Supreme Court issued its first ruling on “climate neutral” claims for consumer products: The simple claim that a product is “produced climate-neutrally” is too vague and constitutes misleading advertising....more

Germany: Climate neutral claims felled by conservation projects

In two recent decisions, German courts have held claims of “climate neutrality” for consumer products to be misleading since they relied on compensation of CO2 by forest conservation projects. This marks another step in the...more

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