After a period of closure for reasons of public order, the local Intellectual Property Office reopens for the registration of trademarks only. It is mandatory to carry out novelty searches before the filing, after which the application will be examined on absolute and relative grounds and, if allowed, it will  pass to publication for oppositions ( for 45 days). No [...]

The modernization rules of the American Trademark Law should be approved soon: they are more stringent in particular for the proof of use of the trademark. In addition to the appeal to the Commission or to the District Court by the third party who wants to ascertain the total or partial forfeiture of a registration for non-use of the sign, [...]

Presto dovrebbero essere approvate le norme di modernizzazione della Legge Marchi americana, più stringenti in particolare per la prova dell’uso del marchio. Oltre al ricorso alla Commissione  o alla Corte Distrettuale  da parte del terzo che voglia far accertare la decadenza totale o parziale di una registrazione per mancato uso del segno, le novità consentiranno al Direttore dell’USPTO, d’ufficio o [...]

With his establishment, President Maduro had made Venezuela go back in time also in the field of IP, for example by returning to the local classification of goods and services as far as trademarks are concerned. Lately, however, Venezuela has announced the restoration of the latest version of the Nice Classification and also of the Trips Agreement, with the consequence, [...]