Archive: June, 2014

International IP Enforcement Summit 2014

International IP Enforcement Summit 2014

London, 11th and 12th June 2014 The first International IP Enforcement Summit of its kind brings together key European and international decision makers, enforcement agencies, multinational companies and other stakeholders to discuss the growing impact of intellectual property right infringements and the challenges facing enforcement and society. With a view to increasing the engagement between […]

European Patent Office and SIPO launch first Global Dossier service

European Patent Office and SIPO launch first Global Dossier service

The European Patent Office (EPO) and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO) today announced the launch of a new EPO service, called the Global Dossier, that displays European and Chinese dossier content on a family of patent applications (applications for the same invention filed at multiple offices). “The launch […]

Croissance de l’industrie informatique au Mexique

Croissance de l’industrie informatique au Mexique

Il y a une croissance de l’industrie de l’informatique mexicaine dans de nombreux domaines. Salomon Garza Castro analyse les aspects de la croissance relatives à la propriété intellectuelle commençant par une disproportion des demandes de brevet et des brevets délivrés au Mexique, ce qu’il explique par le fait que les programmes informatiques ne sont pas […]

Black and white trademarks in the EU - scope of protection

Black and white trademarks in the EU – scope of protection

On the 15th of April 2014, OHIM released a Common Communication on  the scope of protection of black and white trade marks. OHIM will implement the new common practice on 2 June 2014.The Communication will be implemented in the other participating offices, namely –   AT, BG, BX, CY, CZ, DE, EE, ES, GR, HR, HU, […]

Romania is on the Watch List in 2014

Romania is on the Watch List in 2014

The 2014 Special 301 Report highlights the progress of Romania in the sphere of IPR enforcement. The positive tendency is a result of the work of the GPO IPR Department and the cooperation between enforcement and prosecution. New procedures for prosecuting IPR crimes have come into force on January 1, 2014. All of this is […]