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…

After 4 years in a beautiful office in front of the historical river Spaarne, we will move our office just 500 meters up the river. Again, a characteristic location facing Spaarne and in the centre of Haarlem, but with more…

In our trademark practice we notice that many trademark owners receive emails from China, warning them about a conflicting trademark or domain name that would violate their rights. If you do not have any activities and/or do not own any trademark rights in China:…

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…