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It seems to have been a busy year on the trade mark front!
Join us and @MarquesIP on 25 March @UCLLaws to meet and question some of the judges that are deciding our trade mark disputes.
Full details at: ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/2025/m….
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Ordinary shops remain the most common location for counterfeit goods sales investigated by Trading Standards.
Investigations into social media and private residences continue to increase
Read more in our Trading Standards Successes Survey: bit.ly/TSSuccess23-24
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The @OECDtrade Report on the Trade in Counterfeit Goods and the UK Economy has been published today.
The report estimates that in 2021, the value of counterfeit and pirated goods imported into the UK amounted to GBP 7.1 billion, equivalent to 1.5% of total UK imports.
With adapted trade routes & new suppliers, there was a rise in counterfeit trade during COVID-19.
Although the volume of seized goods has fallen since COVID-19, the UK remains vulnerable to the effects of counterfeiting and piracy.
Learn more🔎oe.cd/uk-fakes
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#EUGeneralCourt confirms that @Chiquita's blue and yellow oval cannot be protected as an #EUtrademark for fresh fruit 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo…
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#EUGeneralCourt: The figurative sign consisting of the phrase ‘RUSSIAN WARSHIP, GO F* *K yourself’ in Russian and English cannot be registered as an @EUTrademark 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo…
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The EUIPO Boards of Appeal have recently published 3 new case law reports:
🔸 The link between the trade marks (Article 8(5) EUTMR)
🔸 Defining subcategories of goods and services in the case of partial use
🔸 Assessment of individual character (Article 6 CDR)
Read them here⤵️
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⚖@EP_Legal starting now:
🗳️ Mandate for 🇪🇺General budget for 2025
🎙️Statements by candidates for Deputy Executive Director of @EU_IPO
🎙️Statements by candidates for President of the Boards of Appeal of @EU_IPO
🗓️ bit.ly/3yIJE9u
📹 bit.ly/3GFlGgX
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We have launched an IP Repository for trade mark practices, legal provisions, case-law & e-learning resources of the EU IP offices.
It gives you access to trade mark/design guidelines & legislations across the EU, judgments from national & EU courts, and more ⤵️
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🗓️ 19 September - Celebrating 30 years of #EUIPO and @cpvotweets with a seminar on the future of IP!
🚀 Join us for insights on AI, IP strategy, sustainability and more. Register now!
Register by 9 September: euipo.europa.eu/en/news/join…
#AI #intellectualproperty #Innovation
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Designing for sustainability ♻️📦
Meet WIPO's IP Youth Ambassador, Oxana Zaporoniuc, a 22-year-old innovator who makes glass bottle packaging more eco-friendly and uses intellectual property (IP) to protect her work: ow.ly/Ft7850SUImY
#IYD2024
ALT Photo of Oxana Zaporoniuc holding the Young Designer Award she received.
ALT Image of Oxana Zaporoniuc’s invention, a cardboard holder that securely encases a glass jar.
ALT Photo of Oxana Zaporoniuc’s invention, a cardboard holder that securely encases a glass jar.
ALT Image of the design of the cardboard packaging created by Oxana Zaporoniuc.
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Athletes are going for gold🥇 these #Olympics, supported by years of training, perseverance, and intellectual property
Swipe through to discover how much IP there is in this global event⤵️
#Paris2024
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Investment in intangible assets is growing fast and spreading globally💡📈🌐
WIPO’s World Intangible Investment Highlights shows that since 2008, investments in intangible assets have grown three times faster than those in physical assets: ow.ly/k3yW50SQT9y
Key findings⤵️
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Would you like to keep your business safe from fraudsters?
Check out our guide with 40 anti-counterfeiting/anti-piracy technologies to help you safeguard your IP assets.
The solutions are tailored to all types of industry sectors, budgets and needs: euipo.europa.eu/en/news/prot…
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China-based inventors are filing the highest number of generative artificial intelligence patents, a new WIPO report shows: ow.ly/MZnT50SujTQ.
According to the WIPO Patent Landscape Report on Generative AI, these are the top sectors for #GenAI patents⤵️
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WEBINAR | Join us tomorrow for an overview of the most recent EUIPO Boards of Appeal decisions & EU court judgments in the field of trade marks & designs.
A sneak peek:
C-801/21 P - EUIPO v Indo European Foods (Basmati)
T-58/23 BIG MAC of 5 June 2024
🔗 07bddda7.sibforms.com/serve/…
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Need to explain IP 💡 in plain words? Try our IP Teaching Kit.
It covers from trade mark to copyright basics, combining theory with practical examples.
In ppt format, with speaker notes & background info to help you deliver your lecture or presentation: euipo.europa.eu/knowledge/co…
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Who is winning the design race🏁?
Designers from these countries have sought international protection for the most designs over the last three decades 👇
For more intellectual property statistics, visit ow.ly/AOUO50S9R0x.
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#EUGeneralCourt: @McDonalds loses the #EUtrademark #BigMac in respect of poultry products 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo…
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🚨BREAKING: WIPO Member States adopt historic new treaty on intellectual property, genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge: ow.ly/lfnu50RTE9Q.
#GrTkDipCon
ALT WIPO Director General Daren Tang stands in the center of the podium and shakes hands with Aguiar Patriota, President of the Diplomatic Conference, following the adoption of the new treaty. The duo is surrounded by members of the WIPO Secretariat who are clapping, while behind them on a big screen, delegates in the Conference Hall can be seen applauding.
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We're thrilled to announce the finalists of the 2024 WIPO Global Awards🏆
25 SMEs and startups made it to the final stage of the #WIPOGlobalAwards: ow.ly/R2a250RSfba.
Thanks to everyone who participated and congratulations to the finalists!