This year’s World Intellectual Property Day delves into the world of sports and takes a closer look at how intellectual property (IP) rights – patents, trademarks, designs, copyright and related rights, and even plant variety protection (think turf on sports pitches) – support the global sports ecosystem, a unique landscape the brings together multiple players with overlapping interests.
Costa Rican Trademarks Added to the Global Brand Database March 22, 2019The Global Brand Database now includes the collection of Costa Rica with over 237,000 records.This brings to 46 the number of national/regional collections available in the Global Brand Database.
1.Canada Joins Three Key WIPO Trademark Treaties, 1:50
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry received Canada’s instruments of accession to the Madrid Protocol, Nice Agreement and the Singapore Treaty from Canadian Ambassador Stephen de Boer.
Canada Joins Three Key WIPO Trademark Treaties
2.WIPO Director General Presents Record-Breaking Results of 2018 IP Filing Services、 1:00:3
WIPO Director General Presents Record-Breaking Results of 2018 IP Filing Services
Last year, women’s curling that won the buzzword award, Loco Solare’s “Sodane”. In November last year, Japan Patent Office sent a notice of rejection of the application to Kitami Institute of Technology Co-op and Obihiro confectionery maker Rokkatei, who had applied for trademark registration of this word.
Impact of the UK’s withdrawalfrom the EU – EUTMs and RCDsOn 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom (UK) notified its intention to leave the European Union (EU).As a consequence, unless a withdrawal agreement is ratified or another date determined by the European Council, in agreement with the UK, the UK will become a third country and EU law will ex lege (Article 50(3) TEU) cease to apply to the UK (so called “hard Brexit” scenario).The withdrawal day is currently set for 30 March 2019.This section contains the relevant information on how the EUIPO intends to handle the circumstances in which EUTM and RCD Regulations would cease to apply to the UK as from the withdrawal day.
Delivering the deal negotiated with the EU remains the government’s top priority. This has not changed.However, the government must prepare for every eventuality, including a no deal scenario. For 2 years, the government has been implementing a significant programme of work to ensure that the UK is prepared to leave the EU on 29 March 2019.
Politicians are creating a great degree of chaos for trademark attorneys, according to the Rt Hon Lord Chris Smith of Finsbury, chair of Intellectual Property Regulation Board
The dispute between Dubai-based cryptocurrency firm Alibabacoin Foundation and Alibaba Holding Group seems to have come to an end.The developer of ABBC Coin and MC wallet today said it has reached an agreement to settle a long spat with the Chinese IT conglomerate which intended to block the foundation from using the Alibaba name.