Un slogan publicitaire peut constituer un signe distinctif au regard des produits qu'il désigne, le caractère distinctif pouvant notamment être déduit du fait que :
- le demandeur en a fait un usage…
The agreement on the extension of European patents signed on 13/02/2009 between the European Patent Office (EPO) and Montenegro will enter into force on 1 March 2010. From that date it will be…
For CTM registered as from 09/12/2009, the OHIM no more issues paper certificates but only electronic certificates.
The E-certificates have the same appearance and structure as paper certificates and…
1) Absence of recordal in the French Register of trademarks or designs
Articles L. 513-3 and L. 714-7 of the French Intellectual Property Code establish the principle that any transmission or…
The European Union Regulation n° 510/2006 dated 20/03/2006 defined at the community level two different levels of geographic reference for the agricultural products and foodstuffs : the protected…
Since 13/06/2009, Facebook enables its users to register URL addresses of the type Facebook/your trademark.
OHIM and WIPO have signed on 03/12/2009 an agreement aiming to expand cooperation on trade mark classification.
The Government of Ukraine has deposited, on April 7, 2009, its instrument of accession to the Locarno Agreement establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs, signed at Locarno…
The Government of the Republic of Tajikistan has deposited, on January 5, 2009, its instrument of accession to the WIPO Copyright Treaty, adopted at Geneva on December 20, 1996.
The said Treaty will…
The Government of the Republic of Korea has deposited, on December 18, 2008, its instrument of accession to the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, adopted at Geneva on December 20, 1996.
The…