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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 between the two letters, written in the same font, constitutes a crime under Article 515 of the Criminal Code (commercial fraud), since the European marking [...]

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 international treaties—including the PCT in 2026 and the Madrid and Hague Systems by 2027—and to modernizing patentability criteria and enforcement mechanisms. These reforms are set [...]

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 US$ 20,000 (twenty thousand) for the ten-year period.

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 majority of design filings (52%). China was the main source of non-EU EUDs, with an 18.4% increase in applications, followed by the United Kingdom (+17.8%) [...]