In a dispute between Red Bull GmbH and the applicant of the Portuguese mark BULLS, the Portuguese Intellectual Property Court revoked the Trademark Office granting decision considering that the mark is confusingly similar...
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Cabo Verde became a member of the Madrid Protocol on 6 July 2022 and has already received the first international designations in WIPO. On 5 July 2022, the Government of...
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Today we are publishing Part II of a sequence of short FAQ about the European Patent with Unitary Effect. The Part I covering Questions 1 to 4 can be found here: …
According to the Decision No. 680/2022 of the Management Board of the Portuguese IP Office and the Government Regulation No. 201-A/2019, new official fees are applicable in the Industrial Property...
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We are delighted to announce that Simões Garcia Corte-Real & Associados was awarded Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year in Portugal! The 2022 award was presented in London during a gala...
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Today we start publishing a series of articles in the form of short FAQ about the European Patent with Unitary Effect (EPUE). What is the European Patent with Unitary Effect...
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In April 2022 the Industrial Property Office of Portugal has published the first notifications under the Regulation (EU) 2019/933 that introduced the “manufacturing and export waiver” concerning supplementary protection certificates (SPC). The...
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The crucial role that IP plays in the Fashion Law field The fashion industry is based on the permanent emergence of ideas, designers’ creativity and the imagination that is embodied...
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In a dispute between BEIERSDORF AG and the applicant of the Portuguese mark NÏNAE, the Lisbon Court of Appeal decided that the mark in question is not confusingly similar with...
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We are delighted to announce that the international specialized magazine World Trademark Review has recognized SGCR’s trademark practice for its “focus on high quality and excellence” in 2021. The WTR...
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