EU: UK Ratifies Hague Agreement For Industrial Designs

On 13th March 2018, the UK deposited the instrument of ratification of the Geneva Act (1999) of the Hague Agreement with WIPO, in Geneva, completing its final step toward joining the Hague Agreement for industrial designs. The Act will come into effect on 13th June 2018.

The Decision to join the Hague system will allow applicants to register designs in the UK through an application filed with the International Bureau at WIPO. At present, applicants are only able to […]

By | November 9th, 2017 ||

Bulgaria: The Figure Of The Producer And The Different Meanings Of The Concept

The concept of the Producer under the current Bulgarian legislation includes several different understandings that tend to lead to practical difficulties arising with regards to determining the rights and obligations of the different types of Producers, as well as in the distribution of rights and obligations among the other participants in the process of creating and realising the different kinds of audiovisual work, and in the liability of the Producer to third parties.

The figure […]

By | November 3rd, 2017 ||

European Trade Mark Reform Round Up

EU Trade Marks can now be represented in any appropriate format using generally available technology.

Shortly after the new provisions came into force, we filed an EU Trade Mark Application for a sound mark without any graphical representation, submitting only an MP3 music file of the sound (here). This Application achieved registration at the end of January and is the first ever EU Trade Mark Registration for a non-graphically represented mark, of any kind (see https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/#deta […]

By | November 2nd, 2017 ||