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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, [...]

We inform you that a growing number of holders of industrial property rights have received requests from third parties for the payment of misleading services. Payment requests are often accompanied by texts and images that recall those of the Italian Patent and Trademark Office, which could mislead the user. Whenever you receive a letter or an invoice, you are invited [...]

On 10 January 2020, the Minister of Economic Development signed the Ministerial Decree implementing the provisions introduced by the Decree-Law of 30 April 2019, n. 34 (the so-called "Growth Decree"), regarding historic trademarks. Actually, in accordance with the provisions of articles 11-ter, 185-bis and 185-ter of the Industrial Property Code, the special register "Historic trademark of national interest" and the [...]