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) [...]
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. [...]
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, [...]
International trademarks: - Over 64,000 international trademark applications filed. - Over 450,000 designations made in these applications. - Approximately 943,000 international trademark registrations currently in force (+2.4%). - 7,522,669 designations in active international trademark registrations [...]
Please note that, since 2025, the Canada Trademark Office (CIPO) has initiated revocation proceedings on its own initiative, under Section 45, with the aim of removing unused trademark registrations from the Register. Therefore, those who [...]
From September 27, 2026, amendments will come into force aimed at penalizing misleading information on environmental issues. For our purposes here, misleading environmental claims are punishable, consisting in any message or representation in any form, [...]
In innovative companies, the assets that drive true success—such as trademarks, patents, and proprietary processes—often don't appear in traditional accounting. While enterprise value was once primarily tied to physical assets (machinery and real estate), today [...]
The Italian Court of Cassation has confirmed that the "CE" (China Export) logo affixed to toys intended for the European market, which differs from the CE (European Community) logo only by the slightly greater distance [...]
Argentina is moving toward a major overhaul of its IP system following the signing of the U.S.–Argentina Agreement on Reciprocal Trade and Investment (ARTI) on February 5, 2026. The country has committed to joining key [...]
In a constant flurry of decisions, the latest verbal decision from the Director of the Libyan Trademark Office establishes that the term of registrations is once again ten years. However, only the official fee is [...]
