The food we eat, our phones and laptops, the clothes we wear, the music we listen to…🧥🎶📖📱🍇
Most of the things that surround our everyday life are protected by intellectual property rights ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/Svu5CddZCE
— European Union Intellectual Property Office (@EU_IPO) December 10, 2020
Today sees the launch of GIview, a new search database for all geographical indications (GIs) protected at European Union level.GIview provides a single entry point for data on GIs registered in the EU, and is a useful asset for consumers, producers and intellectual property professionals. It also contains detailed information on non-EU GIs protected at EU level through bilateral and multilateral agreements, and on EU GIs protected in non-EU countries.
情報源: EUIPO – Launch of
Official launch of GIview, 2:30
Swedish brand Oatly has been denied a trademark for their logline ‘It’s like milk but made for humans’ for the bizarre reason that ‘people know cow’s milk is for calves’. If consumers know this – why then was the EU so hellbent on changing terminology around veggie burgers and sausages, claiming it ‘confused’ the public? We’re as baffled as you are!
VIRAL AD: “It’s Like Milk But Made For Humans”, 0:22
EUIPO’s Decision (pdf)
Key information for customers and users of IP about how the IP system and the Intellectual Property Office will operate after the end of the transition period.
情報源: Intellectual property after 1 January 2021 – GOV.UK
On 1 January 2021 there will be changes to the #IP system and the way @The_IPO operates. Changes include:
✅All areas of IP
✅UK Address for Service (AfS)
✅Parallel exports from UK to EEA
✅Geographical IndicationsSee our #news story for full details👇https://t.co/rF8VKocdwU pic.twitter.com/u0IYomNn1K
— IPO.GOV.UK (@The_IPO) October 28, 2020
Users are warned to be especially alert due to a new misleading invoice in circulation, which takes the form of a fake EUTM renewal invoice.(欧州連合商標の更新の請求書の形をとった新しい偽の請求書が出回っています。利用者は特に注意する必要があります。) The misleading invoice, which can be viewed here, has very recently been reported to the Office by users.This latest misleading invoice uses the EUIPO’s logo, name, acronym and address, and purports to be an EUTM renewal invoice issued by the Office. It is mailed to users from Geneva, Switzerland, and includes a demand for a “registration and entry fee” to be transferred to a Polish bank account with a PL IBAN prefix.
情報源: EUIPO – New misleading invoice alert – Fake EUTM Renewal In
Misleading invoices, 1:06 
Banksy’s trademark may be at risk after the street artist lost a case that an EU panel said was brought in bad faith and was undermined by a gift shop he set up in London last year.
情報源: Banksy trademark ‘at risk’ after street artist loses legal battle | Banksy | The Guardian
Banksy lost a trademark battle with a U.K.-based greeting card company and, in turn, the copyright for his famous work, “Flower Thrower,” in part because officials said his hidden identity prevents him from being classified as the “as the unquestionable owner.”
情報源: Banksy loses trademark in legal battle over ‘Flower Thrower’ art | Fox Business
As of 14 September 2020, the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) has enhanced its participation in TMclass and joined DesignClass.OAPI will now use and accept the list of terms from the harmonised database of goods and services (HDB) in TMclass as well as the list of terms from the harmonised database of product indications (HDBPI) in DesignClass. Following OAPI’s decision to use HDB and HDBPI there are now twelve (12) non-EU IP offices in TMclass and eleven (11) in DesignClass.
情報源: EUIPO – OAPI enhances its participation in TMclass and joins Desig
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