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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Plausibility, sufficiency, and inventive step in patents In the field of intellectual property, the term “plausibility” is commonly used to refer to the “trustworthiness” or “credibility” of an invention claimed in a patent application. While its origin is still in discussion among experts, the concept of “plausibility”...
Today, 1 June 2023, the Unitary Patent (UP) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) come into operation. This marks the beginning of a new professional era for patent attorneys in Europe. The new patent system opens more options to obtain protection for inventions or technical innovations,...
On February 17, 2023, the German government deposited its instrument of ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court. This confirms that the implementation schedule for the “Unitary Patent Package” will be as announced: The Sunrise Period will start on 1 March 2023. The Unitary Patent and...
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