Despite the pandemic, statistics from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) indicate a growing interest in the EU trademark and industrial design protection system. In 2020, the EUIPO received…
Any changes occurring inside a company being the owner of the industrial property right – be it a trademark, an invention or a design – that are registered before the…
The world is increasingly moving forward and is not slowing down neither in the field of everyday life nor in the world of technology. Recently, there has been news spread…
Fleas, mosquitoes, lice, ticks… A problem that is literally and figuratively biting, troublesome, but sometimes also very dangerous. It may seem that living in the 21st century, with access to…
The pharmaceutical industry has extremely quickly responded to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Within a year, several research centres have developed vaccines that have given hope to billions…
Lasso of Truth – this is how William Marston decided to name the comic book Wonder Woman’s attribute – a miraculous weapon forcing people to reveal their innermost secrets and…
We are currently observing a dynamic development of new technologies, artificial intelligence and blockchain. Many of these solutions fit the definition of computer-aided inventions for which the Patent Office of…
The beginning of February saw a decision taken in a high-profile case of Ironburg Inventions versus Valve concerning the infringement of a patent belonging to the former and relating to…
On December 15, 2020, the European Patent Office issued a decision on a new admissible form of evidence in patent proceedings, which entered into force on January 1, 2021. In…
In 2019, the importance of intellectual property was acknowledged in Poland with almost 5% increase of applications for IP protection filed in the Polish Patent Office. However, as usual, the…
The city of Munich has lost the Oktoberfest brand case again. The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has dismissed an application filed by the capital city of Bavaria for…
