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…