Brabus Might Give a Mystery Motorcycle the Midas Touch with Top-Notch Tuning

High-Performance Automotive Tuning….But For Bikes. This German aftermarket tuning and restoration brand has apparently been eying the two-wheeled market – and with the bang-on portfolio they brag in automotive tuning, Brabus could very well be a...

EPO Exposé: The Besieged Baltic States – Part XX – Top Jobs at EUIPO for “Compliant” Baltic Officials?

As EUIPO chief and later as EPO chief, António Campinos followed the footsteps of Benoît Battistelli, a fellow Frenchman who exploited small and vulnerable/cash-strapped countries to basically rig votes in favour of unlawful proposals; in this...

EPO Exposé: The Besieged Baltic States – Part XX – Top Jobs at EUIPO for “Compliant” Baltic Officials?

As EUIPO chief and later as EPO chief, António Campinos followed the footsteps of Benoît Battistelli, a fellow Frenchman who exploited small and vulnerable/cash-strapped countries to basically rig votes in favour of unlawful proposals; in this...

A Tale of Two Ports? GC holds PORTWO GIN to be an exploitation of PDO

The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and privacy/confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.

Exclusive: EUIPO BoA to expand mediation services

The EUIPO’s Boards of Appeal commits to establishing a mediation centre and offering alternative dispute resolution to all parties

[Meme] Germany's Licence to Break the Law

Remember that the young Campinos asked dad for his immunity after he had gotten drunk and crashed the car; maybe the EPO should stop giving diplomatic immunity to people, seeing what criminals (e.g. Benoît Battistelli) this attracts; the German...

Innovation at the Latvian Patent Office: exclusive insights | World Trademark Review

In an exclusive guest post, representatives from the Patent Office of Latvia reveal the agency’s recent developments of its digital tools and services for trademark users – and those planned for the future.

EUIPO offers payment processors anti-counterfeiting blueprint | World Trademark Review

The EUIPO has published a new discussion paper recommending a series of preventive and reactive best practices for electronic payment service providers to protect their services from misuse by infringers.

INTA Annual Meeting focuses on diversity and trademark future; EUIPO offers best practices for payment services; ‘Banksy of trademarks’ retires; and much more | World Trademark Review

Everything we covered on WTR over the past seven days – and all you need to know from the world of trademarks to set yourself up for the start of another busy week.

To be or not to be (a pattern mark) – that is the question!

The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and privacy/confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.

Will the Polish Patent Office operate more quickly than the EUIPO?

This is the objective aspired to according to the premises of an amendment currently being drafted to the Industrial Property Law - procedures are to…

European design protection – worth your money? | IAM

Every company that spends money and resources on research, development and marketing for its products needs assurance that competitors (or other third parties) cannot take advantage of its innovation.

The Viewpoint - The Sanganeri GI dispute: Cultural misappropriation and the need for benefit sharing

Why European Court ruling on Super Basmati trademark is unlikely to affect India

Court of Justice upholds non-registered trademark given in 2017

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Nokia T20 tablet design patented at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) - Gizmochina

HMD Global Oy, the licensee of the Nokia smartphone brand has been granted a patent for the Nokia T20 tablet design by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The patent application was submitted on April 16, 2021, but was only...