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WHAT IS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY?
According to the World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO, Intellectual Property is the sum of the right related to literary, artistic and scientific works, interpretations of performers and performances of radiofusion, inventions in all fields of human activity, industrial designs and utility models, industrial, commercial and service trademarks, as well as geographical denominations, protection against unfair competition and all other rights that rises from the intellectual activity in the industrial, scientific, literary and artistic fields. The legal protection of these creations of the human mind guarantees to its creator the recognition and financial benefit from the product invented or created. ROCHA BARBOSA is here to assist you on all fields of intellectual property and ensure your rights.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Three ways the new eMadrid system makes trademark management easier by Jeffrey M Becker,Preston Mason on June 5, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Managing an international trademark portfolio just got easier – and therefore less expensive.
- General Court confirms that mark representing chevrons between two parallel lines is invalidby Anneli Kapp on June 5, 2025 at 10:15 am
The mark was a simple, abstract geometric design which would be perceived as a decorative pattern on the surface of the goods.
- Amendments to the Design Protection Act: what you need to know by Hyun Joo Hong,Martin Kagerbauer on June 5, 2025 at 10:09 am
The amendments, which will take effect on 28 November 2025, notably introduce new rejection grounds for partial substantive examination.
- Yupoo remains home to counterfeit ‘shop fronts’, as Chinese image platform backs away from legal liabilityon June 4, 2025 at 3:15 pm
Chinese social media platform Yupoo remains the go-to ‘shop front’ for major counterfeiters in China, a WTR investigation finds.
- USPTO updates Madrid rules; EUIPO extends mediation services; Vietnam goes electronic – IP office updatesby Joyce Ng,Louise Newstead,Alice Nunwick,Victoria Arnold-Rees on June 4, 2025 at 3:07 pm
In our latest update, we look at the Bangladesh IPO closing for 10 days, IPONZ updating its conflicting goods and services list, and more.
- Europe sees its first CJEU referral over generative AI news summariesby Louise Newstead on June 4, 2025 at 10:57 am
The CJEU has been asked to make a preliminary ruling on how EU laws around the right of reproduction relate to AI chatbots, in a case heralded as “pivotal” by local IP partners.