New judgment (press release): EU trade mark agency/General Court wrong to reject EU trade mark for 'Fack Ju Göhte' as vulgar - no evidence German-speaking audience offended
curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/do…
New judgment (press release) - Greece fined €3.5 million lump sum for failure to comply with prior ruling on water pollution in time: curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/do…
Full text of judgment in 'Fack Ju Göhte' case now online: curia.europa.eu/juris/document…
Note that the judgment explicitly requires the application of trade mark law to take account of freedom of expression (para 56)
New AG opinion: sex pills not covered by lower rate of VAT as a 'foodstuff' - impact on bodily functions is distinct from nutrition. Distinguishes from aphrodisiac food like seafood: curia.europa.eu/juris/document…
New AG opinion: irregular migrant facing expulsion can be detained with ordinary prison population if he is believed to be a terrorist threat (the usual rule is that immigration detention must be separate from ordinary prisoners): curia.europa.eu/juris/document…
New judgment: where EU citizen has *not* left their Member State of nationality, national law usually applies to admission of a spouse other than in exceptional cases: curia.europa.eu/juris/document…
This means (eg) French law applies to UK citizen marrying a French citizen in France, after the transition period
New AG opinion: if non-EU family member of EU citizen who has exercised free movement rights has residence docs, that's sufficient for Ryanair to let them fly: curia.europa.eu/juris/document…
New AG opinion (fast tracked case) on whether refugee from Russia, now with Icelandic citizenship, can be extradited from Croatia to Russia: curia.europa.eu/juris/document…