Pog appeal: advance notice

This Thursday, 12 May, Advocate General Mengozzi will be giving his Opinion in Case C-281/10 P PepsiCo v Grupo Promer Mon Graphic (click here for the Board of Appeal's decision to reinstate PespiCo's design registration, here for details of the General Court's decision to re-revoke it and here for the grounds of appeal).

For the record, the Advocate General's Opinions are upheld in around 75 to 80% of cases by the final ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union.  That Court is not, however, bound by its own decisions and may reverse them when invited subsequently to rule again on the same issue.