The new legislation – The Industrial Property Act 2019 - which came into force on January 31st, 2022 seeks to consolidate the IP structure.

Recordation of IP Rights with the Anti-Counterfeiting Authority (“ACA”) Under the Anti-Counterfeit Act and as of January 1st, 2023, it...

In the current international economic environment, where trade in goods and services is no longer confined to one specific country or...

Since January 1st, 2022, the revised Bangui Agreement of December 14, 2015 has entered into force for Annexes III (Trademarks), IV...

The EUIPO found that there was a likelihood of confusion between BIOVENE BARCELONA and the earlier mark BIORENE for certain goods in Class 3

On July 12, 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has invalidated the adequacy decision between the USA and the EU...

This article first appeared on WTR Daily, part of World Trademark Review, in March 2021). For further information, please go to...

According to market research, the beauty industry in the Middle East and Africa was estimated at about $27.1 billion in 2018. Of this...

Dermavita sought the revocation of Allergan’s mark JUVEDERM ULTRA on the ground of non-use.

The Cancellation Division cancelled Tecnica’s 3D mark for the shape of the moon boots for all footwear products in Class 25.

Dermavita filed an action for the cancellation of Allergan’s JUVÉDERM mark in Class 5 on the ground of non-use.

Gugler France sough a declaration of invalidity of the mark GUGLER, owned by Gugler GmbH.

We recently noticed a growing demand from Chinese companies for registering Chinese character marks in the European Union.

Establishing a domain name legal strategy in Africa is extremely important due to the disparities between regions and countries.

Cancellation and invalidity actions are now filed online, before the IP French Office. Read more.

When the Community trademark was adopted in 1996, things were simple! Indeed, this trademark made it possible to obtain a monopoly of...