by manuel.roche | Feb 28, 2013 | All, Designs, Trademarks
The registered Community design will celebrate its 10th anniversary on April 1, 2013. These 10 years have enabled the Courts to clarify the conditions of protection of this unified title. According to the Community regulation, “the assessment as to whether a design...
by manuel.roche | Feb 4, 2013 | All, Trademarks
Further to the important decision of the Court of Justice Of the European Union IP TRANSLATOR (see our previous article), the French trademark office (INPI) and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have each rendered an...
by manuel.roche | Jan 28, 2013 | All, Trademarks
Last summer, the French Cour de cassation issued a very important ruling regarding the scope of protection that may be granted to a company name. According to the Supreme Court, “the company name is protected only in connection with the activities actually performed...
by manuel.roche | Jan 11, 2013 | All, Trademarks
To begin this new year in the trademark business, we would like to inform you about a new update of the Tenth Edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks. The Tenth Edition entered into force on...
by manuel.roche | Dec 23, 2012 | All, Patents
The French Intellectual Property Code states that “The right to the [patent] shall belong to the inventor or his successor in title” (Article L.611-6) such as his assignee. And “Where an application for the grant of [a patent] has been made either for an invention...
