It is not uncommon for companies to receive unsolicited messages from China offering to purchase a domain name or trademark. These are often misleading sales tactics. However, some of these messages may contain important information related to the refusal or…
Rise offers € 2.000 worth of trademark services to an organisation that is trying to make the world a better place. We need your help to find the right organisation we can support to take the next step!
Why register your trademark in the US? Creation of exclusive right With a trademark registration, you make it clear that you claim the exclusive rights on the trademark in question. In fact, in many countries a trademark registration is an…
Chinese practices flown over to the Netherlands! Apparently, it is lucrative, because also in the Netherlands more and more organizations are popping up that try to take money from brand owners. The most common scam methods are: An offer packaged…
Charlotte, Evelien, Rieneke, Quinty, Zora and Marleen As always, on Thursday we have lunch with the complete team. But now for the first time with Quinty and Zora. Welcome to Rise! We are already happy with you, not only because…
Trademark registration in the Middle East has always been unaffordable and inconvenient. Costly and legalized documents, as well as the high official fees made registration unattainable for many Dutch companies. But with the accession of new countries, such as Qatar…
Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to apply for the SME subsidy, but this EU campaign was a huge success as far as we are concerned! We have helped many clients with filing the application and disbursement requests of the…
We managed to get the wordmark EASYTOYS accepted in the Benelux. After receiving a refusal from the Benelux Office of Intellectual Property (BOIP) of the wordmark EASYTOYS, because of the alleged descriptiveness for sextoys, we will obtain a registration of…
Last week, we had the honour to welcome Patricia Prevoo and Claire Pototsky of the EUIPO (IP office of the EU) in our office. Besides the fact that it was a great pleasure meeting them in person, the visit was…
Rise assists you with submitting your subsidy application! For the third time the EU has launched the SME Fund, which aims to help SMEs to co-finance activities related to legal protection of their trademarks and designs. The SME Fund provides…