As you may know, the cost of the Community Trademarks will soon be reduced.
These measures permit to obtain, over the course of a single filing, the protection of a design in all European Union countries as well as in other countries of the Geneva Act (currently 23 countries)
Incidence of the law of Modernization of the Economy of the 4th August, 2008 about the right of Trademarks and Designs
According to the London Agreement, the validation stage of the European patents the date of grant of which will be published from the 1st May, 2008 will be simplified.
Toy manufacturers frequently reproduce in miniature the original models created and sold by cars manufacturers, placing a particular importance on the exact reproduction of the original models by…
A personal name is nowadays frequently used as a trademark, trade name or sign. However, it is a source of litigation, as indicated by an important case law, to which belongs the judgement Elizabeth…
This decision is about the grounds of objection of a member of a Board of Appeal. The EPC's article related to this point of law is the Art. 24 EPC
The new edition of Nice Classification is in force as from January 1st, 2007
Two new countries (Bulgaria and Romania) will enter in the European Union on 01/01/2007
The Board pointed out that the term "suspensive effect" does not mean the immediate cancellation of the objected decision. The suspensive effect means that the consequences resulting from an objected…
