After several months of discussions and negotiations, the european institutions reached few months ago a political agreement on the European trade mark reform package and, in particular, of the Community Trademark system.…

On 1 August 2015, the second set of the updated OHIM's Trademark Guidelines entered into force. As explained in our previous post, the guidelines contain general practical instructions on all…

Interesting short article appeared on the Benelux Trademark Office Blog about Fashion, Trademarks and how to increase brand value in the the design field: to read it, click right here.

On 1 August 2015, the second set of the updated OHIM's Guidelines entered into force. The corresponding documents are available on the OHIM's website.  The OHIM's Guidelines are the most important point…

According to the European Trademark Directive, as well as the Community Trademark Regulation, a trademark shall be liable to be declared invalid if it is found to be contrary to public policy…

El pasado 9 de julio 2015, la sección de Barcelona de Legal Hackers, movimiento internacional con sede en Nueva York de abogados, policymakers, expertos en varios ámbitos de la tecnología y…

IP Wisely is happy to announce that his founder, President of the EU Alumni Chapter for Spain/Portugal,  will attend the Fordham Law European Chapter Meeting, to be held next 26-27 June…

On 1-2 July 2015, in Barcelona will be held the "Bizbarcelona", ​​interesting meeting point for entrepreneurs and SMEs, being present experts from different spheres of the business world, there will be networking…

A stage name is an alias or pseudonym used by musicians, bands, actors, models, DJs, radio presenters, designers or other performer or “show business” personalities, although some people use their…

Community Trademarks filed using the OHIM's online platform will benefit of a discounted filing fee of 900 EUR (up to 3 classes), compared to the traditional paper filing fee of…