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Rights of database makers

[15/11/2022] Court of Cassation, judgement of 05 October 2022 This interesting judgement reminds the usefulness of the sui generis protection of databases which is granted under French...

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File before “instagramming”!

[20/10/2022] A design for sneakers filed by PUMA with the EUIPO in 2016 was invalidated for lack of novelty and individual character because it had been disclosed before the start of the...

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New version of the Locarno Classification for industrial designs

[05/10/2022] The fourteenth Edition of the international classification for the registration of designs (“Locarno Classification”) will enter into force on 1st January 2023. This...

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Upheld refusal to register the three-dimensional Trademark of the Saddle Bag of Dior

[03/10/2022] In its decision of September 7, EUIPO's Second Board of Appeal upheld the refusal to register the 3D mark relating to the shape of Christian Dior's Saddle bag which was ruled...

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Fight against counterfeiting: launch of the Blockathon planned by the end of 2023

[20/09/2023] The anti-counterfeiting blockathon infrastructure project developed by the EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) shall be implemented by the end of 2023. This...

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Court of Paris: Lack of similarity between perfume and clothes

[07/09/2022] The infringement action opposing the EU trademark ”CREMIEUX” covering various clothing goods to the trademark “RUE CREMIEUX” designating a perfume was dismissed by the...

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New virtual goods enter the Nice classification

[13/07/2022] With the growing number of trademark applications designating virtual goods or non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the 12th edition of the Nice Classification will be adapted. In...

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“Think Different”: Revocation of the Apple trademark is confirmed

On 8 June 2022, the EU Court of Justice confirmed the EU trademark revocation of Think Different - as decided by the EUIPO. This decision follows the dispute opposing Apple to Swatch....

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Intellectual Property Strategy Diagnosis of Bpifrance: a new device for SMEs and ETIs

[14/06/2022] Germain Maureau was recently selected by Bpifrance as an expert consultant to conduct an "Intellectual property strategy diagnosis and valuation of intangible...

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Morocco Joins the Hague Agreement

[19/05/2022] On 22 April 2022, Morocco joined the Hague Agreement for the international registration of industrial designs. Morocco becomes thus the 69th contracting party to the 1999...

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Chile’s accession to the Madrid System

[27/04/2022] On 04 April 2022, the Republic of Chile joined the Madrid Protocol and became the 111th member of the System for the International Registration of Marks, which now covers 127...

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26 April 2022: World Intellectual Property Day

[26/04/2022] World IP Day was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2000 to raise awareness of the large public on patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc.,...

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