Worldwide IP Status
Worldwide IP status The main theme of this article is to look and examine whether there is an increase or decrease in intellectual property (IP) usage and registration throughout the world. However we will look into this issue only from the perspective of trademark, designs, plant varieties and patents. Other types of intellectual property rights […]
Get Your IP Grant 2023
Get Your IP Grant 2023 This year, the European Union (EU) together with European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) extended the EU small and medium enterprise (SME) fund program to offer free funding grant for registrations of intellectual property (IP) for SMEs all around the European Union. As the SMEs accounts for 99% of all […]
Fast track for utility models
Fast track for utility models At the beginning of April 2023, the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic introduced a new feature – the fast-track procedure for utility model applications. This procedure is intended to reduce the average total time that an applicant waits for the grant of this legal protection for his/her patented […]
US reduces Design Fees
US reduces fees on international designs The Haague system which was established in order to allow international registration of designs founded more than 95 years ago and functioning ever since until today, has got an update – USA as its member state decided to reduce the fees paid by applicants who wish to designate US […]
IP in Space
Intellectual Property in Space Intellectual property (IP) law has experienced many challenges accross its existence such as Internet, Artificial Intelligence and Metaverse, but these are just a merely small challenges in comparisson to those ahead of us. Expansion of humankind in the outer space is inevitable and commercialization of this space is already becoming a […]
Brasil joins the Haague system
Mauritius joins the Madrid system Madrid system which purpose is to allow registration of trademark on international level was established more than 130 years ago and is functional until this day. Now it will have a new member state – Mauritius, starting from May 2023. This country is therefore becoming the 114th member of this system […]
Mauritius joins the Madrid trademark system
Mauritius joins the Madrid system Madrid system which purpose is to allow registration of trademark on international level was established more than 130 years ago and is functional until this day. Now it will have a new member state – Mauritius, starting from May 2023. This country is therefore becoming the 114th member of this system […]
Social network Channel registration legal duties
Social network Channel registration duties If you have a YouTube channel, share videos on TikTok, Facebook Watch or Instagram, it is likely that you are subject to a new reporting obligation to the Media Services Council (“the Council”). In this article, we look at who does and does not have a duty to seek authorisation […]
IP Grant for SMEs
EUIPO 2023 Grant for SMEs In 2023 small or medium enterprises (SMEs) can apply for a grant related to intellectual property protection at the European Union intellectual property office (EUIPO). The aim of this grant scheme is to help small and medium businesses to protect their intellectual property such as trademark, designs, patents and so […]
