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Due to stricter measures to curb Covid-19, the Italian Patent & Trademark Office - UIBM - suspended all outstanding deadlines from February 23 to May 15, 2020, with the exception of the terms for the Appeals before the Appeal Board. These deadlines are thus postponed to May 16, 2020. Nevertheless, PCA remains active and we believe to take advantage of [...]

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.