Under the current Rule 126(2) EPC, relating to notification by postal services, Communications sent by the EPO are deemed to have been delivered on the tenth day following the date printed on the Communication ("Ten-Day [...]
The advent of the electric car also has effects on corporate brands. In recent months, Porsche has tried to record the hiss generated by its electric model when accelerating. However, the EUIPO rejected it for [...]
The draft law amending the Industrial Property Code has been definitively approved. The reform pursues the strengthening of the competitiveness of the country's economic system, the protection of industrial property and the administrative simplification and [...]
With Decree dated 04.11.2023, the Minister of Culture intervened on the subject by publishing the "Guidelines for the determination of the minimum amounts of fees and considerations for the concession of use of the goods [...]
Since November 2022, the Libyan Trademark Office had stopped processing the files and accepting new applications of foreign Applicants, limiting itself to managing cases in which the Applicant was Libyan. Since 28 May 2023 it [...]
On February 17, 2023 Germany has formally ratified the UPC Agreement (UPCA), thus finally allowing the Agreement and the related European Patent with Unitary Effect to enter into force on 1 June 2023. With the [...]
The Italian Supreme Court confirmed that an employee who developed an invention, without this falling within his specific duties, is entitled to a fair reward even if the patent was transferred by his company to [...]
December 29, 2022 is the date of entry into force of the regulation which allows for the presentation of trademark nullity or forfeiture actions before the Trademark Office (UIBM). It will always be possible to [...]
The local government informs that from 1st January 2023, Kenyan importers will have to record the brands that distinguish the imported products in a register kept by the Anti-Counterfeit Authority ("ACA"). The ACA should review [...]
In Switzerland, a dispute between bunnies that began in 2018 has concluded. The Swiss Supreme Court, in fact, decided that the chocolate bunny sold by Lidl since years can be confused with the three-dimensional registered [...]