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Discover the pros of managing an IP portfolio internally and how to overcome the challenges companies face with internal IP portfolio management.

It seems obvious. If you have a new product, you need a new name. That is true, but even that statement is not as straightforward as it appears if you want a truly effective way of coming up with a go...

The majority of household-name trademarks are owned by only a dozen multinational corporations. This begs the question, why do these companies register so many different brands?

Owners of well-known trademarks seeking to introduce a new product and service may find themselves blocked by ‘trademark squatting’, where a third party has already applied for an identical or similar...

En décembre 2021, les Émirats arabes unis adhéreront au système de Madrid pour l'enregistrement international des marques.

The EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal has issued its highly anticipated decision on the patentability of computer-implemented simulations. Martin Kohrs examines the decision and its implications.

Earlier this month, EUIPO’s Board of Appeal ruled on an opposition between German drink brand Jägermeister and French company Les Bordes over ownership of a stylised Hubertus stag.

La Cour constitutionnelle fédérale allemande a ouvert la voie pour que l'Allemagne mette enfin en œuvre l’accord sur la Juridiction Unifiée en matière de Brevets (JUB). De ce fait, le brevet unitaire ...

International registration systems are an important route for the protection of designs. Anne-Catherine Schihin introduces a new tool to protect design rights in the countries of the former USSR.

By removing the need for prior approval by ANVISA, the patent process for pharmaceutical and biotechnology products has been shortened and associated costs reduced.

Owners of registered EU rights benefited from the automatic cloning of those rights onto the UK register at the end of the Brexit transition period, but pending rights were not similarly converted. Lu...

Last month, the General Court of the European Union achieved a new milestone when it handed down its first-ever judgement on a sound mark registration, presented as an MP3 file. Koen de Winder sets ou...

Les similitudes d'emballage entre la bière Howler's stout et le lait chocolaté MILO® de Nestlé ont fait l'objet d'un procès en Australie le mois dernier, l'affaire illustrant la nécessité de protéger ...

Unlike trademark registration systems, which are national or regional by nature, the internet offers a global and potentially limitless market. Businesses with the same or confusingly similar company ...

Pressure on hospitality and a spike in counterfeits are just some of the pressures facing the drinks industry. Drinks companies have diversified their products and ranges, and implemented new strategi...

The estate of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren successfully established last year that a German version of the song ‘Hey, Pippi Longstocking’ infringed its copyright. To mark the launch of the new offic...

The UKIPO recently upheld an opposition by Cambridge University to a trademark application by Chadlington Brewery Limited, for the mark ‘Cambridge Blue’, claiming beers in Class 32. The decision offer...

The European patent system provides companies with an efficient structure for protecting inventions in Europe. However, there are a number of crucial points to consider if they are to make the best us...

Assumptions that the shape mark is dead may have been overturned this month, after the General Court of the EU found the shape of a lipstick suitable for trademark protection. While it is not easy to ...

A recent report by EUIPO on the risks and damages posed by IP infringement in Europe has identified that nearly one in 10 European consumers believe they have been tricked into buying counterfeit good...