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Grenada is the one hundred and thirty-second country that can be designated via the International Mark (as of March 15, 2026).
Goodbye to spectacles! …
... says Class 9 of the Nice International Classification. In fact, the claim for eyeglasses (prescription and sunglasses) and contact lenses for new trademarks filed after January 1st, 2026, must be made in Class 10, [...]
Argentina – Trademarks
The Argentine Trademark Office (INPI) is taking action on the trademark examination procedure, which will be carried out prior to publication for opposition purposes. This examination will focus on absolute grounds and will only consider [...]
Tanzania and Kenya
Both countries require that trademark registrations on imported products be recorded with their respective trade control agencies. Failure to do so may result in customs rejecting or seizing incoming products. While Kenya reportedly allows foreign [...]
IP lands also in the Maldives
From January 1, 2026, also Maldives will have their own Industrial Property Office, allowing trademarks, patents, designs, and copyrights to be registered there. This will eliminate the system of cautionary notices that, up to now, [...]
Ethiopia in the International Trademark System
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 [...]
For Lady Gaga there is a Bad Romance
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 [...]
China makes it harder to file forfeiture actions
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 [...]
Historical Trademark for abroad
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 [...]
Italian Historical Trademark
The Ministry of Industry introduced, on the initiative of the Association of Historical Trademarks of Italy, the "foreign" version of the Historical Trademark. In short, the owners of trademarks included in the special Register of [...]
