Avoiding trademark revocation

According to French and European trademark Law, “a trade mark shall be liable to revocation if, after the date on which it was registered, in consequence of acts or inactivity of the proprietor, it has become the common name in the trade for a product or service in...

CNCPI Workshop 2015 – How to protect my idea?

CNCPI Workshop is the annual event intended to businesses and individuals to increase information and promote public awareness of intellectual property issues. The French Company of Industrial Property Attorneys (CNCPI), will organize the 2015 workshop on March 19th...

I am Charlie, I am not a trademark

Everybody knows by now what dreadful and terrible events occurred in France last January 7. And many people worldwide also know about the phrase adopted by supporters of such French republican values as freedom of speech or secularism. This slogan is JE SUIS CHARLIE...