In our practice, we see that many companies try to save the costs of a trademark research and just do some research themselves. Their trademark application might trigger objections and oppositions that could have been avoided. Self-conducted online research and…

Opposition is a formal objection, usually filed by another trademark owner, against the registration of a new trademark application. Basically, someone else wants to prevent the trademark from being registered. Oppositions are filed with and handled by the official trademark…

The European Commission has released 20 million euros to finance small and medium-sized companies based in the EU towards the costs of trademark searches and registrations in the EU or in one of the EU Member States. A financial compensation…

As of January 1, 2021, the UK will officially leave the European Union. This has consequences for the validity of EU trademarks and designs in the UK. In short, it will imply the following: Registration in the EU completed before…