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The Mexican Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property enters into force on 5 November 2020.

On 17 October 2020, China approved the fourth amendment to the China Patent Law (CPL), which will take effect on 1 June 2021.

Discovering case-law and IP in the candy industry

France rules Google must pay for news content
Pakistan challenges India’s application for Basmati’s Geographical Indication in the EU

On October 17 2020, Xinhua News Agency revealed the progress of the revision of eight laws, which includes the fourth revision of the PRC Patent Law

On October 17 2020, Xinhua News Agency revealed the progress of the revision of eight laws, which includes the fourth revision of the PRC Patent Law (

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has just made available their Trade mark and Industrial Design Guidelines in the 23 languages

New tool to prove date of creation; the battle of the Gruyère

The new Decision from the Andean Court of Justice harmonises the interpretation of what is sufficient trade mark use.

Roger Federer and the RF logo

Tequila vs. Heineken and Yoko Ono filing copyright and confidentiality infringement claim against Seaman

As part of the first anniversary since Brazil became a member of the Madril protocol, INPI Brazil has shown the promising numbers.

The South-East Asian region consists of 10 countries with a combined GDP of USD 3 trillion (the 5th largest in the world) and a population of...

Apple accused of copyright infringement regarding its emojis, Caboom infringing Knievel's trade mark rights, Facebook's new tool to protect and manage

Equivalence infringement, or the doctrine of equivalence, was officially introduced into Chinese patent law legislation in 2009, through the...

Banksy losing its trade mark over the Flower Thrower, Messi registering his surname as a trade mark and Advocate General Spuznar's opinion on embeddin

COVID-19 is rapidly changing the way we live as well as the way we do business.

EUIPO has just become a partipant member of the WIPO Digital Access Service (WIPO DAS) as an Office of Second Filing.

Nike succesful in the footWARE case and the latest opinion in the Star Taxi case