The Eurasian Patent Office informs that the acceptance of applications for the grant of Eurasian design patents will start on June 1, 2021. In accordance with Article 22 (4) of the Protocol on the Protection of Industrial Designs to the Eurasian Patent Convention of September 9, 1994 (Protocol), please note that Eurasian design patents will…
European Union Trade Marks (EUTM) and BREXIT
(information from the UK IPO) Receiving a comparable UK trade mark As of 1 January 2021, IPO will create a comparable UK trademark for every registered EU trade mark (EUTM). Each of these UK rights will: be recorded on the UK trade mark register have the same legal status as if you had applied for and registered it under…
Happy New Year 2021!
Happy New Year dear friends, Wishing you good health, happiness, and success in the coming year! from IPConsulting
New law on Trade Marks in Romania, declaration on the scope of the protected goods and services required by 30.09.2020
Law 84/1998 on trademarks and geographical indications was completed and amended by Law 112/2020 which entered into force on July 13, 2020.
Implications on the international registration of industrial designs due to Brexit
The transition period provided for under the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) will end on December 31, 2020. The Government of the United Kingdom has informed the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) of the steps it will take to deliver continued protection…
The CJEU: No likelihood of confusion due to weakly distinctive elements of trademarks
With judgment of June 18, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed that in case of two conflicting trademarks, if the earlier trade mark has even weakly distinctive elements, often there is no likelihood of confusion.
WIPO PROOF provides evidence of an intellectual asset’s existence
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has a new business digital service. It provides evidence of the existence of intellectual asset. “WIPO PROOF” was launched on May 27th this year and will protect against forgery of all digital files, in any format. The aim is to have proof of the existence of the specific asset at every moment…
Court of Justice of the EU – the rental of cars with radios does not constitute communication of musical works to the public
One of the most controversial issues in case law is that of the interpretation of the concept of “right of communication to the public under copyright”. Thanks to case C-753/2018, the Court of Justice has the opportunity to establish certain principles, on the basis of which to determine more what concerns the right of communication…
Protection of geographical indications in Russia from the summer of 2020
As of July 27, 2020, geographical indications in Russia will be protected.
INTA annual meeting 2020 to go ALL-VIRTUAL
INTA’s 2020 Annual Meeting & Leadership Meeting was first scheduled for April 25–29, in Singapore. Due to COVID-19 it had to be rescheduled and also combined as Annual Meeting & Leadership Meeting in Houston for November 16–20. Now the INTA`s Board of Directors approved holding an all-virtual Annual Meeting & Leadership Meeting. With this approach, the…
