Trademark offices around the world have adjusted their practices in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Many trademark offices extended or suspended deadlines...more
In recent weeks, trademark offices around the world have made announcements and adjustments to their practices in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. ...more
5/20/2020
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Asia Pacific ,
Business Closures ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Deadlines ,
EU ,
Government Agencies ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Latin America ,
Middle East ,
USPTO ,
WIPO
In recent weeks, trademark offices around the world have made announcements and adjustments to their practices in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. ...more
5/4/2020
/ Argentina ,
Asia Pacific ,
Brazil ,
Business Closures ,
Canada ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EU ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trademark Protection ,
Singapore ,
Trademarks ,
UK ,
WIPO
While much of the focus of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act relates to economic stimulus, the Act also granted temporary authorization to the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark...more
4/2/2020
/ America Invents Act ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judicial Review ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
SCOTUS ,
USPTO
As others have previously reported, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has taken the position that the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes an “extraordinary situation” warranting suspension of certain rules relating to...more
Synopsis: Beginning December 21, 2019, trademark owners will face increased proof of use/trademark specimen requirements with respect to trademark applications before the US Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”)....more
To the shock of corporate Britain the UK voted last week, by 52% to 48%, to leave the European Union. Within hours of the referendum result the British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that he would be standing down...more
7/2/2016
/ Competition ,
EFTA ,
EMIR ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
EU Single Market ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Free Movement ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Immigration Reform ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Labor Laws ,
One-Stop Shop ,
Referendums ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
WTO