The Supreme Court has put an end to a long-standing dispute —initiated in 2017— by ruling that the unauthorised and descriptive use of “DONUT” for commercial purposes infringes Grupo Bimbo’s trademark rights over its renowned “DONUT”/“DONUTS” marks. According to the judgment, the unauthorised use of the...
Applications for registered designs in Qatar can be submitted from October 2025. The Qatari Ministry of Commerce and Industry, through the Intellectual Property Rights Protection Department, has announced the launch of the formal procedure for the filing of industrial design applications. This development marks a key...
Our partner Emil Edissonov spoke at the conference ‘After registration: keys to protecting your brand and maintaining competitiveness’ organised by ACCIÓ (7 October 2025). During the session, Emil participated in two key blocks: Common mistakes in protecting intangible assets (trademarks and designs), together with Rosa Martínez...
We are pleased to announce that our partner María Ceballos attended the 39th Annual MARQUES Conference, held from 16 to 19 September 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands, under the theme ‘Brand Changes in an International Context’. María participated as a speaker, along with other colleagues, in...
We are pleased to announce that our partners, María Ceballos, Isabela Robledo McClymont and Mercè Hernández, have been nominated in the 2025 Women's IP World Ranking, a publication dedicated to celebrating the fundamental role of women in the field of intellectual property and global innovation. This ranking...
At the end of last year 2024, the European Union approved a recast Directive 2024/2823 on the legal protection of designs (1) and a revised EU Regulation 2024/2822 on European Union (2) , thus amending the previous Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs. The...
On 15/01/2025, the General Court of the European Union delivered a judgment in the case Kokito I Punt v EUIPO - Fédération française de football (Représentation d'un coq), T-104/24, ECLI:EU:T:2025:10, which revolved around the application for a figurative EU trademark representing a rooster opposed by...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionised our lives significantly. In many professions, tools such as ChatGPT and Copilot have transformed the way we perform our jobs. Thanks to AI, we can access information faster and receive assistance with various tasks, allowing us to work more efficiently...
On 10 October 2024, Uzbekistan deposited its instrument of accession to the 1999 Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs. This accession entered into force on 10 January 2025. As of that date, Uzbek designers and companies can protect their...
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