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Recruitment of Judges to the UPC during May

By AWA | Posted on April 28, 2016

According to the Report of the 15th Preparatory Committee meeting of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), the recruitment of Judges will start during the beginning of May. The Court of First Instance will always have a multinational composition of the panel of judges. The panel shall comprise three judges, unless one of the parties requests...

Tags: Contracting Member, recruitment of Judges, unified patent court, UPC

Recent Measures Introduced by CTMO

By AWA | Posted on April 15, 2016

On March 24, 2016, the China Trademark Office (CTMO) announced the implementation of certain measures from that date. FAQ – An FAQ on trademark applications is put up on the CTMO’s website. The FAQ mainly deals with the practicalities involved in the filing procedures. While this may be a useful source for the basics, it...

Tags: China Trademark Office, CTMO

Artists’ rights ./. Freedom of panorama

By AWA | Posted on April 11, 2016

Wikimedia Sverige has compiled images of art in public places in a database. This database is open to all, free of charge and is intended for the general public, the educational system and tourism. The project was in fact financially supported by Vinnova, a governmentally owned organization for supporting innovation and business development in Sweden....

Tags: BUS, copyright infringement, Vinnova, Wikimedia Sverige

Trademark Protection in China – if everyone could be Disney…

By AWA | Posted on February 29, 2016

In October 2015, the Chinese State Administration for Industry and Commerce (AIC) announced a special one-year nationwide campaign to protect the Disney trademarks. The campaign aims at attacking infringements of Disney trademarks, protecting the rights of consumers, creating a fair market and maintaining China’s international image of IPR protection. Routine monitoring (including online monitoring) will...

Tags: Administration for Industry and Commerce, Disney, SAIC, Shanghai AIC

Revised PACE programme from 1 January 2016

By AWA | Posted on February 12, 2016

The programme for accelerated prosecution of European Patent Applications (PACE) allows applicants to request that the European Patent Office (EPO) processes their application rapidly. The request must be filed in writing, but will be excluded from file inspection. In certain technical fields there has been constraints on how fast the EPO has been able to...

Tags: ECfS, ED, EESR, EPO, European Patent Applications, European Patent Office, ISA, PACE, PCT

Changes to the European Trademark system

By AWA | Posted on February 9, 2016

Classification reform – Article 28 (8) As we mentioned in our blog on 18 January 2016, a new regulation on the European Trademark (EUTMR) will enter into force on 23 March 2016. One of the changes concerns the scope of protection of a trademark registered in the European Union (“EU Trademarks”). The new regulation reflects...

Tags: Article 28 (8), Case C-307/10, Classification reform, EUTMR

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