Tuesday Webinars: March 2021
The Academy is pleased to announce the Tuesday Webinar, live broadcasts scheduled for March 2021 [#item_full_content]...
China: EUTM and RCD Focus – 2010 to 2019 Evolution & 2020 COVID-19 Impact Analysis
The remarkable growth in filings for EU trade marks and designs by Chinese applicants may have come to prominence during 2020 – especially following the onset of the COVID‑19 pandemic – but this story starts much earlier. [#item_full_content]...
IP pre-diagnostic (IP Scan) training session
On 24-26 February, 120 intellectual property experts from across the EU will follow the online IP pre-diagnostic (IP Scan) training session organised by the EUIPO as part of the SME Fund initiative which offers financial support to European SMEs. [#item_full_content]...
European Cooperation Projects working groups: 22 February – 5 March 2021
Experts from the European Union Intellectual Property Network (EUIPN) will be meeting virtually for the 2nd European Cooperation Projects (ECPs) working groups of the Strategic Plan 2025. [#item_full_content]...
IP Mediation Conference 22-23 March 2021 (online event)
The EUIPO Boards of Appeal, together with the EUIPO Academy and the International Cooperation and Legal Affairs Department of EUIPO, are organising the third IP Mediation Conference, which will be held online on 22-23 March 2021. [#item_full_content]...
Ideas Powered for Business Seminar for Sloveninan SMEs
On the 11th of March 2021, the EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office), in collaboration with the SLOVENIAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE, will hold an online Ideas Powered for Business seminar to discuss the most relevant intellectual property topics affecting small and medium-sized comp...
The Controversy of Myntra’s Logo change over “Offensive Remark”
The famous e-commerce brand Myntra has decided to change its logo, after a complaint was filed with the cyber police, Mumbai by Naaz Patel, who is associated with Avesta Foundation NGO. MYNTRA’S BACKGROUND Myntra was founded back in 2007, which had been subsequently taken over by Flipkart in 2014 ...
The Designs (Amendment) Rules, 2021
Author – Bharat Sharma , Pallavi Paul The recent amendment of the Designs Rules, 2021 was published by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade), through its notification dated 25th January, 2021. The notable features of the Amendment ...
No more fax, no more CDs, no more attachments
Improved technology heralds a new era in EUIPO communications [#item_full_content]...
European Cooperation: new online services in Lithuania
The State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania (SPB), with the support of the EUIPO’s European cooperation project ECP1, has improved the e-filing and e-services tools available for its users. It did so by integrating these tools with the Register of Legal Entities and the Register of Ad...