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31. 1. 2025 · Publications and newsletters
The EUIPO is relaunching its grant scheme to support the protection of intellectual property rights of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)The EUIPO has relaunched its 2025 grant scheme letting SMEs reclaim up to EUR 6,420 of costs for trade mark, design, patent and plant-variety applications and IP Scan diagnostics, with applications open…
4. 3. 2024 · Publications and newsletters
The EUIPO has again launched its grant scheme for SMEs to protect their intellectual propertyThe EUIPO has relaunched its 2024 grant scheme for EU small and medium-sized enterprises, offering up to EUR 6,720 in financial support toward registering trademarks, designs and patents as well as IP…
20. 9. 2022 · Significant Matters
HAVEL & PARTNERS provided comprehensive advice on the settlement of disputes over the “ŠKODA” signHAVEL & PARTNERS advised Volkswagen Group's ŠKODA AUTO on settling long-running disputes over the ŠKODA sign with the PPF Group's Škoda Group engineering companies, resulting in an agreement that makes ŠKODA AUTO…
9. 6. 2022 · Significant Matters
Legal advice to the pharmaceutical company Roche in successfully resolving a domain disputeHAVEL & PARTNERS helped Roche win an ADR dispute over a Czech domain name a cybersquatter registered the day the pharma company announced a new medicinal product. The Arbitration Court at the…
30. 3. 2021 · Significant Matters
HAVEL & PARTNERS’ legal team has succeeded in litigation to protect Apple’s sloganHAVEL & PARTNERS, representing Apple, won a Prague Municipal Court action against the Industrial Property Office's ruling that SWATCH's 'Tick different' slogan did not infringe Apple's 'THINK DIFFERENT' trademark, forcing a full…
21. 10. 2020 · Publications and newsletters
END OF THE BREXIT TRANSITIONAL PERIOD AND EFFECT ON EUROPEAN UNION TRADE MARKS AND DESIGNSFrom 1 January 2021, all registered EU trade marks and Community designs will be automatically cloned into equivalent UK national rights at no cost, while pending EU applications must be refiled in…
2. 1. 2019 · Articles and Interviews
Amendment to the Trademark Act in the Czech Republic and Slovakia – What Should Trademark Owners Fear from 1 January 2019?An EU-driven amendment to the Czech and Slovak Trademark Acts, effective 1 and 14 January 2019 respectively, ends ex officio refusal of applications identical to earlier marks, shifting the burden to owners…
1. 12. 2018 · Publications and newsletters
12-2018 IP Flash EN, PDF documentThe December 2018 issue of HAVEL & PARTNERS' IP Flash newsletter examines the amendment to the Trademark Act in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and what trademark owners should prepare for from…
1. 12. 2018 · Publications and newsletters
12-2018 IP Flash DE, PDF DocumentDie Dezember-2018-Ausgabe des IP-Flash-Newsletters von HAVEL & PARTNERS behandelt die Novelle des Markengesetzes in Tschechien und der Slowakei und zeigt, worauf sich Markeninhaber ab dem 1. Januar 2019 einstellen müssen.
