With a high likelihood, between end-2022 and start-2023, the Unified Patent Court Agreement (hereinafter, for short, "UPCA") will enter into force and, along with it, the European patent with unitary effect and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) will become operational. With the entry into force of the UPCA, the proprietor of a granted European patent will have the opportunity to [...]

A recent provision requires the sworn translation into Arabic of words not in Arabic forming a mark to be registered (including those marks formed by a mix of non-Arabic words). If so, it is advisable to know the meaning that the word wants to express, because Arabic allows you to have multiple translations for the same term.  

On 13 April 2022, a special law entered into force providing for: suspension of deadlines starting on 24 February 2022: deadlines will continue starting from the day following the date on which the martial law regime is lifted, taking into account the time that passed before 24 February 2022; continuation of validity of IP rights for which the deadlines have [...]

Ukraine: martial law suspended the deadlines for 30 days; online filings work as long as there is an internet line; the Ukrainian colleagues work from home, always using the Internet and until it works. Russia and Belarus: PTOs operate regularly, but problems with payments are feared: however, in these States, official fees can be paid within six months from the [...]