The Patent and Trademark Office of the Republic of San Marino announces that, following the measures related to the emergency from COVID-19, the Office's activity stops until April 6, 2020. However, it is also possible to send deposits and renewals of applications for trademarks, patents, designs and annual renewal payments, which will however be registered at the time of reopening [...]

As Italy continues to face the issues related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak with stricter measures undertaken by the Italian Government, we wish to inform you that our firm office has not been affected by the virus and is fully operative. We are closely monitoring developments and guidance from the Italian Government and local Authorities and we have put in [...]

One of the first signs of the isolation in which Maduro brought Venezuela was - very shortly after his taking charge - the restoration of the old local product classification for the registration of trademarks, instead of the International Classification, adopted few years earlier. Now the Venezuelan Trademark Office has announced the adoption of the International Classification from 10.2.2020.

Following the achievement of the long-discussed Withdrawal Agreement, the United Kingdom definitively left the European Union at midnight of 31 January 2020. The agreement provides for a transition period that entered into force the day after and will end on December 31, 2020, during which things will remain substantially unchanged. In particular, therefore, until the end of the current year, [...]