One year of Unitary Patent 1 June 2024 marked the first year of operation of the Unitary Patent in Europe. The Unitary Patent is the patent title that provides uniform protection, with a single registration, in all European Union countries that have signed and ratified the so-called...
Legislation framework One of the exclusive rights of authors of copyright works is that of public communication of their works. The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) provides in its Article 8 that “authors of literary and artistic works shall enjoy the exclusive right of authorising any communication...
Romania will join the Unitary Patent system on 1 September 2024, becoming the 18th member state to ratify the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA). Romania deposited its instrument of ratification on 31 May 2024. This accession comes a year after the UPCA initially...
The Qatari government deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol on the International Registration of Marks with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on 3 May 2024, and it will enter into force on 3 August 2024. Four of the six member countries of...
The new Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 on geographical indications (GIs) for wines, spirits and agricultural products was published last April and entered into force last Monday, 13 May 2024; except for a few provisions that will apply from 1 January 2025 - namely those concerning the...
On the 18th April 2023, an extract of the Resolution of the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO) was published in the Official State Gazette (BOE), announcing the 2024 call for grants on a competitive basis for the promotion of patent and utility model applications in Spain...
Context Criteria for determining the possibility of patenting inventions, in which Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been used to assist in the creation of the invention are gradually emerging and consolidating. In February 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a guidance for Artificial...
Rapid changes in technology Currently, we are experiencing major changes that come from the evolution of technology, such as the introduction of Artificial Intelligence, the Metaverse, Augmented Reality or Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies. Not only people must adapt to this new "reality", but it also can be...
One year later It has been a year (and a little more) since trademark invalidity and revocation proceedings became the competence of the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO), in accordance with Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December...
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