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Since the beginning of 2019, owners of quality seals or test marks and other (potential) certifiers have had the option of registering a “certification mark” with the German Patent and...
Registering intellectual property in the form of trademarks, designs or patents protects you from competitors and can be vital for the survival of your company. For small and medium-sized enterprises...
Brand protection is often not the main focus when founding a company. In most cases, the initial focus is on establishing the service or product offered and building up a...
The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court recently ruled that a declaration to cease and desist pre-formulated by a law firm can be classified as a general terms and conditions (judgment of...
The European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have jointly prepared a study entitled“Linking patents, trademarks and startup financing“. The aim was to gain an insight...
The loss of sales and the liability risk that plagiarism and trademark infringements on the Internet entail impressed many of the participants in our webinar “Combating plagiarism and trademark infringements...
Counterfeits and trademark infringements damage your company: Instead of a counterfeit, the buyer would have purchased the original. We will explain protection and defense options to you. You can also...
On this occasion, we would like to draw your attention to a warning issued by the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) on June 26, 2023, in which a...
To show that a word or logo is legally protected as a trademark, trademark owners regularly use the ® symbol or the TM suffix. Both symbols have their origins in...
In practice, contractual penalties are a common means of sanctioning breaches of cease-and-desist declarations. The declaration to cease and desist is “subject to penalty” precisely because a contractual penalty is...