International Trademarks – Samoa, a new member of the Madrid Protocol
Samoa’s membership confirms that the Madrid System and its protocol are major assets for the international protection of the trademarks, offering a convenient and economic solution for trademark owners around the world. The ...
Canada: Accession to the Madrid System
Since March 17, 2019, Canada has officially become a member of the Madrid Protocol, the Nice Agreement and the Singapore Treaty. These treaties will be applicable in Canada from 17 June 2019. Following a long process of reform, Ca...
New French Decree on the protection of trade secrets : provisional sequestration of seized documents
French Decree No. 2018-1126 of 11 December 2018 on the protection of trade secrets, enacted in application of Act No. 2018-670 of 30 July 2018 published in the Official Journal on December 13, 2018 establishes new rules to prese...
Latest report by OECD and EUIPO on « Trends in trade and counterfeit and pirated goods » : an increase of counterfeiting
According to the latest report published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), counterfeit and pirated goods has been increasing steadily ...
The advent of the Internet research
Before the arrival of the Internet, in order to search for information, one had to go to a library or try finding a person who would provide the information he or she was looking for. However, with the advent of the Internet and t...