The European Patent Office (EPO) has published the 2019 statistical report: 181,406 European patent applications were filed, 4% more than in 2018. With 2% of filings, Italy ranks 6th in the ranking of the European [...]
Between the end of 2020 and 2021 the Agreement on the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) should enter into force which will result in an uniform system of protection for trademarks and designations of origin in [...]
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the EPO decided that all time limits expiring on or after 15 March 2020 are postponed to 2 June 2020. This new date can be further postponed as a result [...]
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the EUIPO decided that all time limits expiring from 9 March 2020 are extended to 18 May 2020. Nevertheless, PCA remains active and we believe to take advantage of this [...]
The directorial decree of 27 February 2020 was recently published in the Official Gazette. It contains the implementing regulations for the registration in the special register of historic trademarks of national interest. The registration request [...]
Due to Covid-19 emergency, the opening of the desk for requesting financial loans according to the program Marchi+3 has been postponed to 9 am of 10 June 2020.
Due to stricter measures to curb Covid-19, the Italian Patent & Trademark Office - UIBM - suspended all outstanding deadlines from February 23 to May 15, 2020, with the exception of the terms for the [...]
The Patent and Trademark Office of the Republic of San Marino announces that, following the measures related to the emergency from COVID-19, the Office's activity stops until April 6, 2020. However, it is also possible [...]
As Italy continues to face the issues related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak with stricter measures undertaken by the Italian Government, we wish to inform you that our firm office has not been affected by [...]
One of the first signs of the isolation in which Maduro brought Venezuela was - very shortly after his taking charge - the restoration of the old local product classification for the registration of trademarks, [...]