Legal
04 April 2025
Litigation Risk Alert in Spain: Mandatory Pre-Lawsuit Negotiations from April 3, 2025
Beginning April 3, 2025, Organic Law 1/2025 comes into effect in Spain, introducing a…
Trademarks
07 May 2024
Qatar Joins the Madrid System for International Trademark Protection
On May 3, 2024, Qatar achieved a milestone in intellectual property by joining the…
Trademarks
02 February 2020
Impact of the BREXIT on European Union Trademarks: updated information
The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020. The Withdrawal Agreement…
Trademarks
04 June 2019
Brazil closer to International Trademark System
By Franco de Barba Head of Trademark Department MERX IP fdebarba@merx-ip.com The Madrid Protocol…
Legal
29 May 2019
Amendments to China’s Trademark Law
By Franco de Barba Head of Trademark Department MERX IP fdebarba@merx-ip.com On April 23,…
Trademarks
02 April 2019
Canada joins the Madrid Protocol
Following the formal passage of amendments to the Canadian Trademarks Act and the Trademark…
Legal
01 January 2019
Taxation of costs of proceedings before the European Court of Justice
Franco de Barba Trademark Attorney MERX IP fdebarba@merx-ip.com According to article 75 of…
Trademarks
08 November 2018
Brexit Updates
Franco de Barba Trademark Attorney MERX IP fdebarba@merx-ip.com As informed in previous post,…
Trademarks
30 September 2018
Malawi joins the Madrid Protocol
On 25 September 2018, the Government of Malawi deposited its instrument of accession to…