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How the XYZ company wins the auction for the .car, .cars and .auto extensions?

The company XYZ created in 2015 by Daniel Negari, specializing in top level domain names and, more particularly, in the monopoly of the <.xyz> extension, has had  great success since Google announced that it had reserved this extension for the … Read More

Apple’s Face ID trademark finally registered in China : how did it go?

It is on September 12, 2017, during the unveiling of the iPhone X, that Apple Inc. presents to the world its new technological revolution: facial recognition. At a glance, face ID unlocks your iPhone or iPad Pro without touching your … Read More

Cyber security: how to recognize and avoid an attack?

Nowadays, it is no longer possible to work without the use of the Internet. To web hackers, this provides many opportunities for stealing, launching cyber attacks and collecting data.   Why is it important for a company to be aware … Read More

Why is the practice of phishing booming during the coronavirus crisis?

Source: Bank Info Security, Feb. 11, 2020   The global health crisis caused by the coronavirus is a favorable context for this Practice of phishing . Indeed, many organized gangs of cybercriminals are pretending to be health organizations by using … Read More

How the proceedings for invalidity and revocation (before the INPI) work?

As of April 1, 2020, it is now possible to bring actions for cancellation on grounds of invalidity and revocation on grounds of nonuse of trademarks at the French trademark Office –INPI.   Among the new developments resulting from the … Read More

Modification of the opposition procedure in France

2019: the key figures of intellectual property (INPI)

  The figures in this infographics come from studies conducted by the INPI.

French trademarks – New opposition procedure serving the protection of right holders

Opposition is a crucial procedure to ensure the protection of trademarks. It is a way to solve potential disputes quickly, simply and with reasonable costs and time limits. Following the transposition of the « Trademark reform Package » in the French law … Read More

The value of domain names

A  “domain name” may be seen as an Internet address which points to a particular website on the internet. Typically, it has three elements: a prefix, an extension and a ‘name’ which may be a word or a combination of … Read More

The Cloud in the era of GDPR or GDPR in the era of the Cloud?

The phenomenon of the digitization of information systems has been a necessary or even mandatory development. It is both a vector of competitiveness and modernity, but it should also be considered to be an area of risk. The use of … Read More