Brands of national interest

Last July 2024, a decree innovated the legislation regarding these brands and does not refer only to the so-called "Historical Brands" registered in the specific Register but to all Italian brands of particular national interest [...]

2024-09-23T16:31:56+00:0023 September 2024|

EUROPEAN PATENT WITH UNITARY EFFECT: UPDATE

From June 2023 to July 2024, more than 30,000 European patents with unitary effect were granted by the European Patent Office (EPO). There were more than 1,700 applications from Italy, representing more than 5% of [...]

2024-08-26T09:18:38+00:0026 August 2024|

Bad performance.

In 2018, the Danish Jagger fastfood tried to register its name as a Community trade mark (Eutm), for restaurant services. However, it was opposed by Musidor, the record company of the Rolling Stones frontman, on [...]

2024-07-10T22:23:23+00:0010 July 2024|

Indonesia – The brand is “fashion”

The Indonesian Ministry of Industry requires importers of textiles, bags and footwear to submit copies of registration certificates in Indonesia when applying for an import authorization. This means that the Certificate of Registration must be [...]

2024-03-22T10:11:07+00:0022 March 2024|

Music for IP Attorneys

Globally, the singer of the moment is Taylor Swift. The blonde star began registering her own trademarks in 2008, building an impressive portfolio of trademarks. Any numbers? In the US Federal Trademark Registry alone, there [...]

2024-03-21T14:53:13+00:0021 March 2024|

TRADEMARKS in SAN MARINO

Official fees for trademarks have been revised in San Marino The local Trademark Office - USBM - has communicated the new official fees. The basic fee, slightly reduced, now covers only one Nice class, instead [...]

2024-03-08T16:35:13+00:008 March 2024|

11.8 millions only

This is - according to the Wipo  Annual Report - the number of trademark applications filed in the world in 2022, down by more than 15% compared to 2021; this is the first reduction in [...]

2023-11-14T13:15:21+00:0014 November 2023|

Protecting company names in China

On October 1, 2023, the regulations for implementing the provisions on the administration of enterprise name registration issued by the China Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) came into force. The Rules apply to enterprises that [...]

2023-10-16T17:10:48+00:0016 October 2023|