Hijos de Moisés Rodríguez González, S.A. is a Spanish company located in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. In 1967, it signed a contract with the Irish company, Ornua Co-operative Ltd, for the supply of butter. As a result of that contract and in the same...
Directive 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trademarks provides in Art. 45 that Member States shall provide for an efficient and expeditious administrative procedure before their offices for...
On July 22, 2022, the Geneva Act of 1999 of the Hague Agreement concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs will enter into force in Morocco. It is worth noting that Morocco has been a contracting State of the Hague Act of 1960. With the adhesion to...
The month of April has brought us a new revision of the EUIPO Examination Guidelines. And, this time, they propose an important change that will affect the strategy behind the withdrawal of certain EU trademark applications. Which is the proposed change? Decisions refusing EUTM applications on absolute...
As many will recall, a year ago, the Commercial Court No. 5 of Barcelona upheld the legal action of Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH (“Vorwerk”), manufacturer of the Thermomix® multi-purpose kitchen appliance, against the supermarket chain Lidl Supermercados, S.A. (“Lidl”), declaring that Lidl’s “SilverCrest Monsieur...
MWC Barcelona, the largest mobile event globally that brings together the latest innovations and leading-edge technology alongside today’s most influential visionaries, will be held again in Barcelona from February 28 through March 3, 2022. This year, it is back with renewed focus and energy (https://www.mwcbarcelona.com/). This...
The United Arab Emirates and Jamaica have recently joined the Madrid Protocol System. Now, the International Trademark can cover 126 countries with a single application. The Madrid System is administered by the World International Property Organization (WIPO) and manages the registration of trademarks in a large...
On January 14, 2022, the draft reform to the Organic Law 6/1985, of 1st July, on the Judiciary, for Commercial Courts (LOPJ) was published. The proposed amendment has a particular impact on our field, as it affects Articles 74.1 and 82.2. 3 LOPJ. In fact, the...
The European Unitary Patent, which will allow to have a common protection for all Member States, has taken a step forward towards its implementation. After the ratification of Austria, on January 19, 2022, the Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application...
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