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In 1969, Stonewall was nothing more than another stinky hole in the wall in New York with no running water, serving adulterated alcohol and run by the Mafia. It was…
In 1969, Stonewall was nothing more than another stinky hole in the wall in New York with no running water, serving adulterated alcohol and run by the Mafia. It was…
Since 2019 ABG Intellectual Property has been selected among the best patent law firms in Europe by the prestigious Financial Times. In addition, in 2022 we have once again won…
We have strengthened our IP services to the Engineering sector at our Barcelona office thanks to the arrival of Diana Mariné. Diana is European Patent Attorney and Spanish Patent and…
The Canadian Government has approved a number of amendments to the patent system, which will come into force on 3 October 2022 and that will affect the examination of patent…
The upcoming arrival of 26 April heralds one of the most important celebrations in the field of industrial and intellectual property. For the year 2022, the World Intellectual Property Organization…
European patent applications of Spanish origin have set their own historical record. A total of 1,954 applications were filed in 2021, compared to 1,791 in the previous year (8.9% increase)…
For several years now, the most essential (trans)actions of our daily lives have been inconceivable without a smart card that performs these operations. In its rectangular casing with perfect proportions,…
The new Guidelines for Examination in the EPO entered into force on 1 March 2022. The Guidelines for Examination set out the practice and procedure to be followed in the…
After a European patent has been granted, third parties may challenge said grant with the aim of revoking it or maintaining it in a more limited amended form with respect…
On 13 January, the Court of Barcelona issued its judgment on the appeal lodged by Lidl against Vorwerk (proprietor of the Thermomix trademark) related to the marketing of its food…
Aspiring to be an astronaut and travelling through space is one of those dreams that all or almost all of us have had growing up. This dream is probably one…
Since the 1970’s the EU member states have aimed towards the creation of a single patent that covers all the member states. Below we will see how the Unitary Patent…