Trademark Grants – SME Fund 2025
On 3 February 2025, a new edition of the “SME Fund” programme was launched, organized by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The Fund provides financial support in the form of intellectual property vouchers for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) established within the territory of the European Union. Who is eligible? The SME Fund […]
Trademark Registration in China
A legal act regulating the principlestrademark registration in Chinais the Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China of 23 August 1982. According to the Act, a trademark may include, for example, words, drawings, three-dimensional forms, colour combinations or melodies that distinguish the source of origin of the marked products and are not excluded from […]
Trademark Monitoring
As of April 15, 2016, significant changes were introduced to the Polish trademark law system. Under the previous legal framework, it was the Polish Patent Office (PPO) that safeguarded exclusive rights by examining whether a trademark application infringed upon third-party trademark rights registered in Poland. The Office assessed whether the applied-for trademark was identical or […]
CYBERPUNK trademark invalidated?
CD PROJEKT S.A. is a widely known video game developer. The studio’s latest release is the game “Cyberpunk 2077.” To promote the game, the company undertook numerous actions around the world. One such action was the registration of several trademarks related to the game’s title, including the word mark “Cyberpunk” within the European Union. However, […]
IP Scan – EU Grants for SMEs
IP Scan – EU grants for SMEs for initial diagnostics of IP rights in the enterprise. Since the beginning of April 2024, the IP Scan service has been launched in Poland, i.e. a preliminary IP diagnostics service. The IP Scan service allows entrepreneurs to identify their intellectual property resources and indicates how to use their […]
EU grants for entrepreneurs for registration of trademarks and industrial designs 2024.
As part of the Fund for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), on 22 January 2024, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) together with the European Commission launched this year’s edition of the SME ideas powered by buisness fund, which offers intellectual property vouchers to small and medium-sized enterprises based in the European Union. The […]
Louis Vuitton checkerboard graphic mark invalidated by Polish entrepreneur
Louis Vuitton is one of the most famous fashion houses in the world. The brand was officially founded in 1984 when Louis Vuitton opened a workshop in Paris, producing travel trunks. This event gave rise to the history of the popular brand. The most famous pattern: Monogram Canvas was designed by Vuitton’s son, Georges in […]
Validation of the European patent and the unitary patent
So far, the European patent has not constituted a unitary protective right, but could create a bundle of national patents through validation in selected countries belonging to the Convention on the Grant of European Patents (ECP). Once the European Patent Office (EPO) publishes information on the granting of a European patent, the holder is required […]
Unified Patent Court
The unitary patent will not be limited to simplifying the validation procedure. In addition to the different validation procedure in individual countries, there are also differences in the interpretation of substantive patent law regulating the scope and all limitations of the right and remedies available in the event of patent infringement. Together with the institution […]
Unitary patent fees
As in the case of”classic” patents,maintenanceunitary patentit will require bringingannual fees for extending protection.Normally, maintaining a bundle of European patents requires paying different renewal fees, in different currencies, to national patent offices operating on the basis of different legal requirements, in particular as regards deadlines. Owners of unitary patents will payone renewal fee payable to […]
