What Future for the EU Trademarks After Brexit?

At the end of the transition period (1 January 2021), registered EU Trademarks will no longer be valid in the UK. On 1 January 2021, UKIPO (Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom) will create a comparable UK trademark for every registered EU trade mark (EUTM). EU TM owners need to consider now how these new 'cloned' UK TMs and applications are going to affect their TM strategy.

Andras PintzJanuary 7, 2021Trademark, European Union

That is definitely my trademark! Smell it!

Finally the new text of the trademark regulation has been officially published in order to harmonise the national trademark laws and practices with the EU trademark. Let us see what the biggest changes are which will presumably have the most effect on trademark practice.

Andras PintzFebruary 9, 2016EU, European Union, law, legislation, OHIM, regulation, trademark

Have a break, have a lawsuit

The importance of protecting ideas, brands and any kinds of intellectual property is clear for a lot of actors of the market. However, multinational companies such as Nestlé are not afraid of investing money even in decade long courtroom battles to ensure their success.