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“Pablo Escobar” blocked as a trademark

Last Wednesday, the EU General Court in Luxembourg upholds yesterday the previous refusal from EUIPO to register the European trademark “Pablo Escobar” for a wide range of products and services.

Bad faith trademarks

In the field pf industrial property is greater and greater to find cases in which a trademark protecting goods and services that has achieved a certain recognition in the market is reproduced almost in its entirety by competitors who try to take advantage of its reputation.

New fee reduction of 30% in EPO applications

The new fee EPO´s fee system takes effect on 1 April 2024, being those fees modified upwards; however, a new 30% reductions in fee payments for European Patent applications and EuroPCT applications have also come into force, regardless of their filing date, when applicants meet a serie of requirements. This new 30% reduction applies to

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  • International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
    https://aippi.org

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