After the British government’s recent announcement that it would withdraw from the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement, the future of Europe’s UPC seems significantly uncertain after Germany said “NO” to UPC. The German Federal Constitutional Court (“Bundesverfassungsgericht”) issued a long-awaited judgement on a complaint filed against the German legislation implementing the Unified...
The long-cherished dream of the small and medium-sized companies for European Unitary Patent (UP) and Unified Patent Court (UPC) system seems to be over. Expectedly, the UK Government has confirmed that it will not be participating in the UPC following Brexit and would not agree to any obligations for their...
As of December 13, 2019, the new Bulgarian Trade Marks and Geographical Indications Law has entered into force. Changes in the law are dictated by the obligations to comply with EU law under DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/2436 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the approximation of the laws...
One of the most successful intellectual property conferences organised by the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, known as AIPPI, has ended with a tremendously positive response from all participants. The event took place this year in the business capital in the city of London, from 15th to...
We are thrilled to announce that after months of intensive work, our new corporate identity and redesigned web site has just become a fact. Our aim was to change our corporate identity which would be more successful, modern, stylish and appealing, which in turn would support us to represent our mission...
In the meeting of the Committee on Patent Law, the Office and the representatives of the 38 EPO Contracting States, together with the European Commission as observer, had a first exchange of views on possible next steps following the recent decision T 1063/18 of an EPO Board of Appeal on...
