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    Industrial Property Figures in 2020: more than 100 000 new trademark applications!
    [12/02/2021] The annual industrial property statistics published by the INPI show a new record in trademark filings, exceeding the threshold of 100.000, as well as an increase in design filings...
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    Acquisition of distinctive character of a mark as a result of use.
    [05/02/2021] In order to be valid, a mark must be distinctive. The distinctive character can be inherent or “acquired through use” where the mark owner is able to prove such use that the...
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    France Joins Geneva Act
    [04/02/2021] On 21 January 2021, France joined the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications ("Geneva Act"). As a reminder, the Geneva Act,...
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    The protection of the “MORBIER” PDO extends to the shape and the visual / identity characteristics of the product.
    [23/12/2020] The interpretation of the EU’s provisions on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin is not easy for national judges. Hence, the Court of...
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    Commission adopts Action Plan on Intellectual Property to strengthen EU’s economic resilience and recovery
    [07/12/2020] The European Commission published on 25 November, an intellectual property action plan, to “help companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to make the...
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    No Copyright in the US, no “Droit d’Auteur” in France, says the French Supreme Court !
    [30/11/2020] Ruling on the shape of the so-called “Tulip” chair designed in the US by Ereo Saarinen, the “Cour de Cassation” was invited to verify whether protection through “Droit...
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    New version of the Nice Classification for marks
    [27/11/2020] From 1st January 2021, a new version of the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (“Nice Classification”) will...
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    Publication of the study on “European Citizens and Intellectual Property” (EUIPO)
    [25/11/2020] The European observatory on infringements of intellectual property rights, managed by EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office), has just published the third edition of...
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    “Absolue Pays de Grasse”, “Linge Basque” and “Pierre d’Arudy”: three new geographical indications approved by the INPI
    [23/11/2020] The INPI has just extended the list of Geographical Indications for handicrafts and industrial products (GI) thus allowing the companies concerned to identify and promote their...
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    Publication of the report on the evaluation of EU legislation on design protection
    [20/11/2020] The European Commission published its report on the functioning of the design protection system in the European Union. Results of this evaluation, that was initiated...
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    Brexit: this is it!
    [05/10/2020] The transition period provided for by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union will end on 31 December 2020 (Exit Day). The Government of...
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    Messi: too famous to be confused!
    [25/09/2020] The Court of Justice of the European Union has just ruled in favour of Lionel Messi in the long legal dispute opposing the football player to Massi. In 2011, M. Lionel Messi...
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