2019 is an interesting year for the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). After Canada, Brazil has now joined the Madrid Agreement. The Madrid system simplifies the process of obtaining trademark protection in 122 Member States. The international system for trademark registration makes it possible to apply...
With Brexit arriving slowly but surely, it is time to look again at what the impact will be on your trademarks – see https://ipsilon-ip.eu/brexit/. The British Government has posted clear guidelines on their website (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/changes-to-trade-mark-law-after-brexit). We would like to summarize them for you: One thing remains...
In the US the vocabulary for design patents was further extended by a judgement of the Court of Appeals in the case of Curver Luxembourg SARL v. Home Expression Inc. Curver[1] is the holder of a design patent entitled: ‘Surface ornamentation for a pattern for...
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