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Lehmann & Fernandez | Spain | 1 May 2014
Draft Bill on Patents Act
The Council of Ministers approved on first reading the Draft Act on Patents, reviewing the legal framework of Industrial Property in Spain, regulated…
Lehmann & Fernandez | Spain | 6 Mar 2014
New measures in industrial property for companies and entrepreneurs
The Council of Ministers approved on February 28, 2014 the "Strategic Internationalization Plan for the Spanish economy 2014-15″. Among the…
Lehmann & Fernandez | Spain | 31 Jan 2014
The Government creates the Intersectoral Commission against activities that infringe industrial property
The Cabinet has approved a Royal Decree creating and regulating the Intersectoral Commission for actions against activities that infringe Industrial…
Lehmann & Fernandez | Israel, Spain | 27 Jan 2014
Signature of PPH Mottainai agreement with Israel
The Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTMO) and the Israel Patent Office (ILPO) have signed a bilateral PPH-Mottainai agreement (Patent…
Lehmann & Fernandez | European Union | 16 Jan 2014
New peak at the European Patent Office: more than 265 000 patent filings received in 2013
The EPO received more than 265 000 patent filings in 2013. This is a 2.8% increase over 2012 (257.700 filings), and a new all-time high. Last year…
Lehmann & Fernandez | European Union, Spain | 15 Jan 2014
Companies providing telephone services may be forced to block pirate webs by a legal decision
In case C-314/12 confronting the UPC Telekabel telecommunications company with Constantin Film Verleih GmbH and Wega Filmproduktionsgesellschaft GmbH…
Lehmann & Fernandez | Global | 19 Dec 2013
Global patent filings see fastest growth in 18 years
A new WIPO report shows that in 2012 global patent filings increased at their strongest rate in nearly two decades as industrial-design registration…
Lehmann & Fernandez | Global, Spain | 2 Dec 2013
The OHIM’s mediation service
The Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) has established a voluntary, confidential and free mediation service with the purpose of…
Lehmann & Fernandez | Spain | 18 Nov 2013
Some consequences of regulating the lapsing of trade mark actions and the non existence of registry immunity
It is a known fact that a minimum precaution taken by the legislator leads inevitably to obtaining coherent legislation in matters of trademark…
Lehmann & Fernandez | Spain | 4 Nov 2013
Reduction in administrative charges in renewing Industrial Designs
The renewal of Industrial Designs at the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTMO) is regulated under Heading V of Act 20/2003 on the Legal…
