Introducing NovumIP
We’re proud to announce the launch of NovumIP, a new global and integrated IP service provider that combines smart thinking and smart technology to help customers to increase and protect their IP value.
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A global network of specialists
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Leading trademark representative in the EU, with the most EUTMs and IRs under management at EUIPO and WIPO
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German Constitutional Court blocks Unitary Patent progress
The Unified Patent Court Agreement received a further blow this month after Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court declared the Act establishing the system null and void on constitutional grounds.
News & opinion
Halloumi, BBQloumi and EU collective trademarks
Despite holding a EU collective trademark, the EU General Court ruled that ‘Halloumi’ was too descriptive, and thus lacking in distinctive character, to successfully oppose a EU trademark application for ‘BBQloumi’. Now, the CJEU has set aside that decision.
Hot topics
Artificial Intelligence: Can a machine be an inventor?
Earlier this year, the EPO published its decision setting out the reasons for its refusal of two European patent applications in which an AI system was designated as the inventor.
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When trademark applications go viral
As the coronavirus spreads, so too do related trademark applications. It’s only the latest example of how registrations follow medical and political news.