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Since the launch of the UPC system on 1 June 2023, holders of European patents and European patents with unitary effect (‘unitary patents’) have been able to bring actions against third parties in a s...

Test your IP knowledge to see if you can identify which of these commonly held beliefs about trademark protection, registration and branding are true.

As of 1 June 2023, organisations can benefit from the new unitary patent and Unified Patent Court system in Europe. We set out the answers to some frequently asked questions about this new European pa...

Now the UPC has replaced national courts as the court of jurisdiction for infringement and invalidity actions relating to unitary patents and eligible European patents, we assess the latest Unitary Pa...

More than 18 months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the war continues to ravage the region. We consider the war from a trademark law perspective by examining related trademark refusals and registrations...

With many interrelated legal and commercial risks to negotiate and overcome, establishing an efficient and effective brand development strategy is easier said than done. Watch our recent webinar for p...

IP rights provide an invaluable means for protecting a brand. Protecting and maintaining those rights is crucial to the brand development process.

Does the use of a trademark in a connected sector constitute genuine use of that mark? What if that mark is used in differing forms? We discuss a recent EU General Court ruling that provides some answ...

Which court has competency when trademark infringement takes place online? A recent CJEU ruling considered this question in the context of a dispute over meta tag and Google Ads trademark infringement...

Discover why blockchain and IP are such hot topics, and why you should timestamp your IP rights using blockchain technology.

Thanks to AI art generators, it’s easier to be ‘creative’ than ever before, but who owns the copyright for art that has been created by a machine? Niké Mion examines recent case law on artificial inte...

EUIPO BoA decision confirms refusal to register an emoji trademark for ‘I Love You’ because it does not fulfil a trademark's essential function.

Domain names are a valuable commercial asset for many companies and an important element of their IP portfolios. However, protecting domain name rights requires knowledge of completely different enfor...

Trademark clearance is a vital part of brand development. We explain why trademark searching is so important and what to clear.

Disclosing an invention before filing a patent, whether by accident or design, may lead to any subsequent patent application being rejected. We discuss the dangers and consequences of uncontrolled inv...

For supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) to be filed in the EU, they must be based on a basic patent. Lise Luciani discusses this condition in the context of a recent French ruling.

Tracking and recording decisions relating to new trademarks and branding is a vital but often overlooked part of IP management, as Vanessa Harrow explains.

EU IPO's cancellation of the MINISO trademark based on a copyright registration underlines that a trademark registration can be cancelled for infringing other IP rights, not simply registered trademar...

On 13 June 2023, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) published a long-awaited communication regarding the conditions for suspending China trademark review cases. Carole Rog...

Trademark renewals must be instructed in a timely manner to ensure compliance with relevant deadlines and formalities. To facilitate this process for our clients, Novagraaf has added a new ‘reminder’ ...