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Three Germain Maureau professionals appointed IP Stars

[13/10/2023] Congratulations to Bertrand GEOFFRAY, Philippe VERRIEST, Partners, and to Matthieu OBJOIS, French & European Patent Attorney, once again recognised as IP STARS by...

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Decision G1/22 & G2/22: The Enlarged Board of Appeal simplifies the requirements on transfer of priority right

[12/10/2023] The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office has just issued its decision in cases G1/22 and G2/22 about entitlement to priority. Whereas it was...

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Protection of trademarks in French Polynesia

[11/10/2023] The possibility of designating French Polynesia when renewing a French trademark has been extended until 31 December 2024. Please note: trademarks are not all eligible, as...

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Faces as trademarks: distinctive character with variable geometry?

[10/10/2023] On 15 September 2023, the EUIPO refused, for lack of distinctive character, an application to register a European Union trademark consisting solely of a photo of the model...

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No overprotection of weakly distinctive trademarks

[29/09/2023] In a Judgement of September 13th, the General Court of the European Union confirmed that there was no likelihood of confusion between the trademark (see illustration) and...

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Germain Maureau present at the P2i2023 conference in Bordeaux

[29/09/2023] Alban Dumont, Partner and Manager of the Grenoble Office and Jean-Baptiste Milien, Head of the Rennes office will be present at the P2i2023 conference in Bordeaux on 4 and...

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EU-wide Protection of Geographical Indications (GIs) for Non-Agricultural Products

[28/09/2023] Last Tuesday, the European Parliament adopted a proposal for a future regulation aimed at extending geographical indication protection to craft and industrial...

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“Poisonous unitary effect”, what’s new with the UPC

[28/09/2023] In our last article in the series "What’s new with the UPC", we showed that the existence of a prior national right (a national patent application from a European State,...

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Germain Maureau present at the Big Data and AI Trade Fair

[28/09/2023] On 25 and 26 September, Narmyn Haicheur and Matthieu Objois, French & European Patent Attorneys at Germain Maureau, took part in the Big Data and AI trade fair held at the...

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Germain Maureau will be present at La Matinale Valorial

[27/09/2023] In 2023, Germain Maureau joined the Valorial competitiveness cluster dedicated to the agricultural and agri-food field. yesterday Jean-Baptiste Milien, Head of the Rennes...

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The French Supreme Court clarifies infringement by equivalents

[26/09/2023] Photo by Robin Ooode on Unsplash. In a ruling handed down on 28 June, 2023, the French Supreme Court (Court of Cassation) clarified the principles of infringement by...

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Germain Maureau will be present at the SIDO in Lyon

[19/09/2023] Matthieu Objois, Industrial Property Attorney, Julien Fialletout and Philippe Verriest, Partners, will be attending the SIDO trade show in Lyon. Julien will be at the...

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