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World innovation ranking 2020: France gains 4 positions

[18/09/2020] France moves up, this year, from 16th up to 12th position of the most innovative countries according to the Global Innovation Index established by the World Intellectual Property...

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Gibson Decision: ‘Gibson’ 3D mark saved by its name

[02/09/2020] In the context of the legal dispute between Gibson and Hans-Peter Wilfer, the Board of Appeal of the EUIPO upholds the decision of the Cancellation Division and rules in favour...

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Covid-19: Organisation of Intellectual Property Offices

[Last update: 16/07/2020] In this context of sanitary crisis and following guidance from governments, Intellectual Property Offices have taken measures in order to maintain protection of...

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Brompton case: Originality of the appearance of a product.

[08/07/2020] On 11 June 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJUE) issued its ruling in the copyright infringement case between Brompton Bicycle Ltd and Get2G. In this...

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Mexico Joins the Hague Agreement

[09/06/2020] On 06 June 2020, Mexico joined the Hague Agreement for the international registration of industrial designs. Mexico is the first Spanish-speaking country in Latin America to...

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Is Amazon responsible for goods sold on its platform?

[19/05/2020] On 2 April 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) ruled in favour of Amazon in the trademark dispute against Coty. The German company, Coty Germany,...

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#InstagramColours #lackofdistinctivenessf#

[10/03/2020] The famous social network Instagram was refused the registration of its colour gradient as a trademark in class 9 and 12 by the EUIPO (decisions of 20/09/2019 and...

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BrexitDay, keep calm!

[31/01/2020] Following the approval of the Withdrawal Agreement (Act 2020) by the EU Parliament, the United Kingdom is no longer a member of the European Union as from 31...

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First sound trademark published by the INPI

[22/01/2020] As part of the transposition of the “Trademark Package”, the requirement for graphic representation, which was so far necessary to register a trademark, has been removed...

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Samoa Joins WIPO’s International IP Systems

[10/12/2019] On October the 2nd 2019, Samoa joined the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the Hague System for the international registration of industrial designs and the Lisbon System on...

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Game over for Rubik’s cube

[28/11/2019] After several years of legal saga, the European Court declared the invalidity of the three-dimensional EU trademark Rubik’s cube on 24 October 2019. The famous Rubik’s...

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Refusal of “vente-privée” for Veepee

[18/11/2019] The French trademark no 13 4 055 655 has been registered since 2014 to designate, in particular, sales promotion for others. In 2016, the competitor, Showroomprive.com...

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