China has joined the Hague System bringing the total number of countries covered to 94. The Government of China deposited its instrument of accession to the 1999 Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement on February 5, 2022. China is the 68th contracting party to the 1999 Act and 77th member of the Hague Union. The 1999 Act will enter into [...]

In Turkey, to register a DN, the proof of ownership of the name object of the Dn is no longer required, and, from now on, the "first come, first served" principle will be adopted. This applies to all existing subTLDs (eg tv.tr, web.tr) but will also apply to the new ccTLD ".TR" which will be released shortly. Finally, the UDRP [...]

The Italian Agriculture Ministery  filed an objection to the EU Commission in early November against Croatia's request to register PROSEK as a traditional term for wine. The Opposition is based on the Italian PDOs for PROSECCO, which are also protected against translations, pursuant to EU regulations, given that the purpose of the law is to avoid any possible confusion in [...]

As of December 28, 2021 the Madrid Protocol on International marks will welcome the accession of UAE.