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The Office appears to have resumed operations, but not all necessary tools are operational, so it is expected that activity will be slow for some time (although the number of applications in Gaza is not comparable to that of other larger Countries).

A new and stricter Chinese Trademark Law will apply starting in January 2027. Among the significant changes: - The opposition period will be shortened from three months to two months. - The Office itself (CNIPA) will be able to initiate revocation actions for non-use after three years, or declare that a trademark has become vulgarized. - CNIPA will be able [...]

In its judgment of April 22, 2026, in Case T-228/25, the General Court of the European Union confirmed the invalidity of the EU design for the well-known Crocs clog, finding that it lacked individual character. The EUIPO had granted a request for invalidation, finding that the Crocs design was not sufficiently distinct from a clog that had already been made [...]

It has been learned that the USPTO, at the end of 2025, begun to use an AI-driven program that scans new trademark, patent, design applications, and Declarations of Use (DoUs) to detect fraudulent ones. Indeed, in the US, they had noticed the presence of applications filed on behalf of third parties by unauthorized subjects (fake IP consultants, especially for applications [...]