On 10/04/2019, the due date for UK leaving the European Union has been postponed to 31/10/2019.
As indicated in our news dated November 2018, for EUTMs and RCDs that are soon to be renewed, renew…
On 17/12/2012, a Portuguese individual filed a European trademark application "NEYMAR" for designating clothing, shoes and headgear. This trademark was registered in 2013, and the Brazilian footballer…
The President of the EPO has submitted questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal which relate to the patentability of plants exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes in order to…
Two EUIPO cancellation decisions remind us of the importance of the evidence of use to be provided to prove the serious use of a European Union trademark when it has been registered for more than five…
Judgement T 651/16 dated 14/03/2018 of the General Court
Our company achieved recognition as one of the top 10 recommended Trademark Firms in France in the Trademark Lawyer Magazine’s 2019 rankings.
The latest developments relating to Brexit are that, even if a deal was reached, nothing is yet sure as several validation steps are required before final acceptance of the negotiated deal. However,…
In decision <link http: documents.epo.org projects babylon eponet.nsf t_1063-18_en.pdf external-link-new-window t1063>T1063/18 rendered on 05/12/2018, the Board of Appeal asserted that Rule 28(2) EPC, that was introduced into EPC following decisions G2/12 and G2/13 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and was…
In a recent decision dated February 6, 2019, concerning the French part of European patent EP1180186, the French Supreme Court reaffirmed that in France, there cannot be an infringement under the…
In a judgment dated 15/02/2019, the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed the refusal by the French Office of the French trademark application "PAPERSCENT" which had been filed to designate in particular…
