How will Brexit affect your trade mark portfolio? The United Kingdom has entered into a Brexit transition period that will last until 31 December 2020. Here’s what will happen to your EU trade marks on 1 January 2021. Registered EU trade marks will receive a comparable UK trade mark. The UK Intellectual Property Office will […]
Puma protects its IP As reported in the local media, in February 2020 Puma became more active in combating counterfeit and parallel imports in Belarus. The first infringer was detained and held to administrative liability for illegal sales of sneakers bearing the Puma trademark. During consideration of the case it was found that the infringer […]
We represented an international chain of retail clothing stores in a trademark opposition matter in Latvia. We prepared an urgent opposition application against the registration of the opponent’s trademark and represented the client at a hearing of the Appellate Board of the Latvian Patent Office. The Appellate Board upheld the opposition by invalidating the opponent’s […]
Publication / Ieva Andersone, Private: Gunvaldis Leitens
On 30 January 2020, State Secretaries will discuss a draft law at a meeting to amend the Consumer Rights Protection Law. Although the amendments are still being prepared for submission to the Parliament, it is already clear that they will significantly supplement the rights and powers of the Consumer Rights Protection Centre (CRPC). The amendments […]
Belarus: will it be possible to apply for international trademark registration in Russian? WIPO: positive The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has approved inclusion of Russian in the list of languages for filing applications for international protection of trademarks and designs. At the moment only English, French and Spanish are included in this list and […]