Ethiopia joins the Paris Convention and the Madrid Protocol on International Trademarks effective August 15, 2025. The country, which previously had nearly zero IP protection, will now be subject to designation for the most important brands and for those going to be actually sold in in East Africa.

Lady Gaga launched the new Album Mayhem in March 2025, promoting it with a tour and the sale of clothing bearing this name. This was not appreciated by Lost International LLC, an American company that has been selling sport clothing since ‘80s under the Mayhem brand, which is subject to an US federal registration. In April, Lost filed an infringement [...]

In a crowded Registry like the Chinese one, the forfeiture action for non-use has been a relatively cheap tool to open the way to the registration of new trademarks, often rejected due to the presence of prior signs  considered similar also for the subclass system adopted by the Chinese Office (CNIPA). The latter, however, is making the of the action [...]

A new decree has launched the version dedicated to the foreign use of the “Historical Trademark of National Interest” with a specific logo "Italian Historical Trademark" which, like its twin in Italian, can be used for promotional and commercial purposes by placing it next to the trademark registered in the special register, according to specific procedures, without altering its representation [...]