2020 is postponed. On your marks?

Science-fiction has continuously been imagining and revisiting time travel. But in the real world, it is sports event organizers who will actually make us go back in time: in the […]

Merchandise in transit in France: a breach of rights at last sanctioned against?

In France trademark law has recently undergone substantial transformation following the transposition of EU Directive No. 2015/2436 of December 16, 2015 (called the “Trademark Package”) by Order No. 2019-1169 of November 13, […]

Good news? The French IP Office can now declare an invalidity or revocation of registered trademarks

The reform of trademark law is now producing one of its most visible effects in France — and calling this a revolution is no exaggeration. As of April 1, 2020, […]

REFORM OF THE FRENCH UTILITY MODEL

Among other changes to the French intellectual property system made by the so-called “PACTE” law (No. 2019-486 of May 22, 2019) is the reform of the utility model. It may […]

USE OF A TRADEMARK IN A DIFFERENT FORM THAN REGISTERED: A SUBTLE AND UNCERTAIN ISSUE

Exceptional circumstances set aside, use of a trademark is mandatory to its maintenance Nevertheless, such use must meet certain conditions to be held genuine, and here we enter upon an […]

Sound trademark

BE NOISY! At a time in France when the draft law on protecting the cock’s crow, the cicada’s song and for instance the smell of manure, has just been adopted […]