El proyecto PESIPRO se inició a solicitud del gobierno peruano ante la Secretaría de Estado para Asuntos Económicos de Suiza – SECO. Como respuesta directa, SECO promueve el Programa Global de Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual, que es implementado por el Instituto Federal de Propiedad Intelectual de Suiza – IPI, y en cuyo marco se desarrolla PESIPRO.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently published notice that it intends to move forward with plans to increase trademark filing fees effective November 2024.
The Government of Qatar deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol – the governing Treaty of the Madrid System – with WIPO Director General, Daren Tang on May 3, 2024. Qatar is the 115th Member of the Madrid System.This accession further strengthens the Madrid System as a practical and efficient solution for protecting trademarks worldwide.National trademark holders in four – Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates – out of the six countries that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council can now use the Madrid System to secure cross-border protection of their brands.
Her Excellency Dr. Hind bint Abdul Rahman Al-Muftah, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, met with His Excellency Mr. Darren Tang, Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, on May 3 to present the State of Qatar’s instrument of accession to Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Trademarks.
The New York-based lifestyle brand Googly Eye Cru is seeking a juried trial and an unspecified amount in damages. The lifestyle brand Googly Eye Cru has filed a trademark infringement complaint in New York federal court against Fast Retailing’s and Uniqlo’s U.S. divisions and Anya Hindmarch’s parent company. GEC alleges that its “Googly Eye motif” — cartoonish images of black and white eyeballs — were infringed upon with items from Uniqlo’s 2023 col …