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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…
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 …
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…
Amazon declares war against counterfeit goods
Project Zero è il nuovo strumento di Amazon per ostacolare la diffusione di prodotti contraffatti sulla propria piattaforma di e-commerce…
Samoa joined the International Trademark system
On December 4, 2018, the Government of Samoa submitted to WIPO its accession form to the Madrid Protocol on the International registration of trademarks…
QUALCOMM vs APPLE – 2nd round
After a first adverse result from the Regional Court of Monaco, Qualcomm scores a favorable ruling against Apple in one of the other legal cases pending before Germany courts that see the two tech giants locked in a long-running battle against each other…
Malawi joined the International Trademark system
On September 25, 2018, Malawi submitted to WIPO its accession form to the Madrid Protocol on the International registration of trademarks…
Qualcomm: a first loss against Apple
In the articulated and international dispute between the two giants “Apple” and “Qualcomm”, the latter registers a negative opinion by the Regional Court of Monaco (“Landgericht München”)…
Declaration of use of trademarks in Mexico
It has become mandatory to file a Declaration of Use in Mexico that certifies the use of the trademark by the owner in this country further to the changes made by the Mexican law on Industrial Property since 10th August, 2018.
CUBA joins TMCLASS
Starting from August 8th, 2018 Cuba has joined the harmonized database of products and services for the classification of TMclass brands.