Sm-AI-rt Cleaning
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, [...]
How 2025 went on according to WIPO
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 [...]
Trademarks in Canada: “pruning the deadwood”
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 [...]
Amendments to Italian Consumer Code (Legislative Decree 206/2005)
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, [...]
How to protect and increase your company’s value
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 [...]
CE or not CE?
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 Launches Structural IP Reform
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 [...]
Expensive Libya
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 [...]
EU Designs: 2025 sets a historic record
As with trademarks, the number of EU designs (EUDs) also increased in 2025, as the EUIPO received 130,849 design applications, with a 6% increase. For the first time, applications from non-EU countries accounted for the [...]
EU Trademarks: 2025 sets a historic record
According to latest data published by EUIPO, 196,886 EUTM applications were filed in 2025, with a 9.1% increase compared to 2024. This growth was driven by applicants residing in EU Member States; Germany (12.7%), Italy [...]
