The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union raises a number of questions regarding the impact on existing and future intellectual property rights. The end of the Brexit transition period set out in the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland...
Protecting Trade Marks Internationally
Let's suppose that you've filed your first trade mark in your home country. This registration will only protect your brand name in that country and the question soon arises - how do you protect trademarks in other countries? One of the simplest ways is to file for international trademark registration...
Challenging Domain Names
The creation of the large number of new "top-level" domains has lead to a potentially massive increase in the number of domain names that conflict with brand names, such as registered (und unregistered) trade marks or company names. Under ICANN's Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (abbreviated to "UDRP"), most types of...
Prioritising Trade Mark Registration for COVID-19 products and services.
The US Patent and Trademark Office has announced a major new programme to enable applicants for trade mark registration for brand names for COVID-19 related medical products and services. It will be possible for an trade mark applicant to request acceleration of the trade mark registration process and the fees for prioritizing the examination will be...