The European programme managed by the EUIPO has exceeded expectations in just three months. Grants for patents and Community Plant Variety Rights are no longer available, but you can still access vouchers for trade marks, designs and IP diagnostic services. In only 3 months since the...
A distinctive item has a special quality or feature which makes it easily recognizable and different from other things of the same type. To be distinctive means that thing is appealing or interesting because of its special or unique qualities. When assessing whether a trademark is...
The history of innovation and knowledge has always been marked by inequality. Since 1901, Nobel prizes have been awarded to 581 men and only 18 women in science which is a gap that does not reflect the talent and contributions of so many women researchers...
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...
On October 10, 2024, the European Council adopted the two texts that will make up the new legal package for Registered Design protection in the European Union: the revision of the Directive for the legal protection of designs and the amendments to the Community Design...
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