To be regarded as a dependant of an EU citizen, a descendant who is over 21 years old and a third-country national, does not have to establish that he has tried all possible means to support himself

Date of article: 16/01/2014

Daily News of: 17/01/2014

Country:  EUROPE

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Article language: en

A Member State cannot require the descendant to prove, in order to obtain a residence permit, that he has tried unsuccessfully to find work or to obtain a subsistence allowance in his country of origin

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The General Court confirms that Steiff, the German soft toy manufacturer, is not entitled to a Community trade mark for the attachment of a button or a label attached by means of a button to the ear of a soft toy

Date of article: 16/01/2014

Daily News of: 17/01/2014

Country:  EUROPE

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Article language: en

The distinctive character of that attachment is lacking because, in itself, it does not enable the
average European consumer to recognise the commercial origin of the soft toy

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