European Cooperation: Lithuania enhances its back office system
The State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania (SPB) has successfully implemented new functionalities into its back office system. [#item_full_content]...
The World IP Day 2021
This year’s World IP Day campaign ‘IP & SMEs: taking your ideas to market’is an opportunity to celebrate the role that intellectual property plays in supporting creativity and innovation. [#item_full_content]...
World of opportunity for SMEs
The EUIPO’s Executive Director, Christian Archambeau reports back on an important month for Intellectual Property rights. [#item_full_content]...
EUIPN Annual Cooperation Meeting 2021
The European Union Intellectual Property Network (EUIPN) Annual Cooperation Meeting was held online on 21-22 April 2021. [#item_full_content]...
European Cooperation: enhanced Back Office system at the SPTO
On 5 April 2021 the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO) completed the implementation of a new set of improvements to its Back Office system for Designs. These were implemented with the support of the EUIPO’s European cooperation projects. [#item_full_content]...
European Cooperation: Enhanced Back Office goes live in Greece
The Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation (OBI) has improved its Back Office system, with the support of the EUIPO’s European Cooperation Projects (ECP2). [#item_full_content]...
THE SCRAPPING DOWN OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY APPEALLTE BOARD(IPAB)
The move of scrapping down of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) has been considered as a notable change as the purpose behind establishment of the same which was efficient and timely disposal of cases was rarely met.
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THE DEBATE BETWEEN ‘COPYRIGHT’ AND ‘COPYRIGHTED ARTICLE’
The debate between the ‘copyright’ and ‘copyrighted article’ has arisen between the taxpayers which are the software companies and the revenue authorities....
PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES OF GI PROTECTION IN INDIA
Geographical Indication(GI) have emerged in the recent past as an important topic in IPR and more than a hundred items have been registered as GI’s since the introduction of the GI Act, 2003....
The Relationship Between Certification Mark and Collective Mark Under Trademark Law
Certification marks are often grouped with collective mark- the prime reason being the ability of both the marks to classify the good/service as a part of a “group of a-likes”....