Brazil joined the International Trademark system
On July 2, 2019, the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil submitted to WIPO its accession form to the Madrid Protocol on the International registration of trademarks, bringing the total number of member countries in the Convention on international...
Don Quixote and Rocinante – how can two fictional characters be guilty of undermining a Protected Designation of Origin?
A knight resembling Don Quixote, a lean horse and windmills. It was against the use of these images on dairy products by Industrial Quesera Cuquerella that Fundaciόn Queso Manchego brought an action in Spain with a view to protecting local cheeses covered by the...
Cybersquatting: a growing phoenomenon
WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization, has published data relating to the year 2018 on “cybersquatting”, i.e. registration, for speculative ends, of domain names which fully or partly include another person’s name, trademark or other distinguishing...
Canada joined the International Trademark system
On March 17, 2019, the Government of Canada submitted to WIPO its accession form to the Madrid Protocol on the International registration of trademarks, bringing the total number of member countries in the Convention on international trademarks to 104. Canada’s...