In September, the EUIPO’s Cancellation Division upheld the application for invalidity filed against the trademark registration for the iconic stencil “The flower thrower” because it considers that it was filed in bad faith. In February 2014, the popular and anonymous street artist Banksy filed, through the company Pest...
In 1960, the prehistory of cooking technological innovations, a product was invented in France that, years later, would find its way into millions of homes: an electric mixer that incorporates a heating system. It was the spur of a revolution and Vorwerk started selling its...
Royal Decree 306/2019, of 26 April, modifying the Implementing Regulation of the Spanish Trademark Act 17/2001, was published in the Official State Gazette of 30 April 2019. As you will recall, at the end of 2018 the Spanish Trademark Act was reformed introducing the possibility for...
It is less than 10 days until 29 March 2019, the date on which the United Kingdom (UK) is, under current UK law and Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, scheduled to leave the European Union (EU). The recent votes in the British...
On February 21, 2019 the Law on Business Secrets 1/2019, of February 20 was published in the Official Spanish Gazette. It transposes into Spanish Law the Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of June 8, 20016 on the protection of...
The European Commission (EC) recently published the first Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List, which identifies marketplaces, registrars and hosting providers located outside the EU that facilitate counterfeiting and piracy. The list has been made after a public consultation. The majority of respondents were businesses and brand owners,...
On 14 January 2019 the reform of the Spanish Trademark Act 17/2001 will come into force, since it was amended in view of harmonising it to the Directive (EU) 2015/2436. Although one of its most significant changes will not become effective until 14 January 2023, which...
The Council has adopted a new Directive (EU) 2016/943 setting out rules for trade secrets protection. The Directive lays down measures for the protection of undisclosed know-how and confidential business information (trade secrets) of EU companies, adopting common measures against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure. Member States have...
We are receiving a high number of inquiries from clients regarding proposals or notices about the registration of domain names (DNs) under extensions corresponding to some Asian countries (.cn, .hk, .asia, .tw, etc.). These proposals are made by alleged registrars of the area, particularly China...
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