by manuel.roche | Jun 19, 2020 | All, Trademarks
Available since April 1st, 2020, the procedure for cancellation of French trademarks (or French parts of international trademarks) allows the invalidation of registered trademarks. The request for a declaration of invalidity may be based on absolute grounds (the mark...
by manuel.roche | Jun 8, 2020 | All, Trademarks
The administrative procedure for revocation or declaration of invalidity already exists for EU trademarks before the EUIPO but is entirely new with respect to French trademarks before the French Patent and Trademark Office (INPI). Such a procedure, formally comparable...
by manuel.roche | May 27, 2020 | All, Trademarks
Until the end of 2019, it was possible to file a new trademark application associated with the early renewal of another trademark in order to adapt one’s trademark to new features. To our knowledge, this specific procedure did not exist in any country but in France....
by manuel.roche | Dec 11, 2019 | All, Trademarks
Governmental decree of 9 December 2019 is one of the latest measures implementing in France Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (see our article...
by manuel.roche | Nov 20, 2019 | All, Trademarks
The “PACTE” Law provides new important regulations as regards patent (see our article here), but also initiates the transposition of the famous “trademark Package” (detailed in our dossier here) into French law following the Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European...
