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Romania to Join Unitary Patent System on 1 September 2024 

Romania will join the Unitary Patent system on 1 September 2024, becoming the 18th member state to ratify the Agreement...

14 June, 2024

Qatar joins the Madrid System

The Qatari government deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol on the International Registration of Marks with the...

11 June, 2024

“Agricultural” geographical indications: enter into force of the new (EU) Regulation 2024/1143

The new Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 on geographical indications (GIs) for wines, spirits and agricultural products was published last April and...

16 May, 2024

German García Catalán, in memoriam

Only a sudden heart attack could stop our colleague German's great heart in its tracks a few days ago. A...

23 April, 2024

Call 2023 – SPTO Grants for the promotion of patent and utility model applications

On the 18th April 2023, an extract of the Resolution of the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO) was published in...

19 April, 2024

Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions in the United States

Context Criteria for determining the possibility of patenting inventions, in which Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been used to assist in the...

12 April, 2024

How to adapt current legislation to the changing virtual world?

Rapid changes in technology Currently, we are experiencing major changes that come from the evolution of technology, such as the introduction...

12 April, 2024

Invalidity and revocation actions before the SPTO

One year later It has been a year (and a little more) since trademark invalidity and revocation proceedings became the competence...

26 March, 2024

8M – Women inventors driving progress

These 8 Spanish women not only broke down barriers, but also brought about significant changes with their innovative inventions: · Sor...

07 March, 2024