As of December 2017, ROMARIN, Mardid e-Alert and Madrid Realtime Status will take the back seat as Madrid Monitor becomes WIPO´s only tool for tracking international trademark registrations.Source: www.wipo.int/ma…

In its recent decision of 18 October 2017, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) held square-shaped chocolate packaging eligible for protection as three-dimensional trademarks and annulled two…

On 6 September 2017 the European Commission published its position paper on issues regarding IP rights after the withdrawal date of the UK. It lays down the main principles to be taken into account in the…

As posted earlier in our post from 10 April 2017 , the second part of changes regarding the new EU Trademark Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2015/2424) will come into force on 1 October 2017, as the changes had to be…

Heads up! The new wave of IP legislation changes comes into force in less than six months from now. As we all know, the new Trademark regulation (Regulation (EU) 2015/2424) came into force on 23 March 2016.…

Trademark Use in Germany and the EU - Why brand owners must use their trademarksTrademarks present a link between a brand owner and its consumers. They are the easiest way to differentiate one product from another…

Brand Finance Football 50 is an annual study conducted by one of the leading brand valuation and strategy consultancies. The study published on June 6, 2016 determines which of the word largest football clubs have…

Since 2012, one of the burning topics worldwide has been the protection of trade secrets. With new proposals to update current legislation coming from all major markets, it is only logical for the EU to jump on…

With the booming of online commerce, entering your personal information and sending it to the cloud has become inevitable. Along grew the concern of both citizens and businesses. The lack of control over given…

1891 was the year basketball was created, American Express issued first travelers´ checks and Edison patented motion picture camera. However, the most significant date for intellectual property is April 14, 1891…