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Marie Pusel (Plasseraud IP)

Civil Procedure and Amicable Resolution: a French Revolution Carried by the Decree of 18 July 2025

January 22, 2026

Decree No. 2025-660 of 18 July 2025, which came into force on 1 September 2025, constitutes a major reform of French civil procedure by establishing the culture of amicable resolution as the guiding…

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Julius Stobbs, Rosanna-Morello Carrieri (Stobbs IP)

Rubik’s Cube in disarray again

January 8, 2026

One of the core concepts in patent law is the so called “patent bargain”, according to which an inventor is granted a time-limited monopoly in exchange for disclosing the invention to and therefore…

Kluwer IP Reporter

Trademark News: What you might have missed in December 2025

January 2, 2026

Stay informed with our comprehensive roundup of the past month's headlines, all neatly compiled for you in one convenient post. Catch up on the latest news reported by the Kluwer IP Reporter…

Thomas K. Lauletta (Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory US)

Trademark case: Summit Ice Melt Systems, Inc. v. HotEdge, LLC, USA

December 10, 2025

On appeal, the district court holding that Summit Ice Melt Systems was unlikely to prevail in the lawsuit over a competitor was affirmed, given the sophistication of buyers for their pricy systems…

Kluwer IP Reporter

Trademark News: What you might have missed in November 2025

December 1, 2025

Stay informed with our comprehensive roundup of the past month's headlines, all neatly compiled for you in one convenient post. Catch up on the latest news reported by the Kluwer IP Reporter.EUIPO…

Bauyrzhan Zhanadilov (National Institute of Intellectual Property Kazakhstan)

Pirate or Not? Non-Use, Invalidity, and the Question of Trademark Squatting in Kazakhstan

November 25, 2025

Recent Kazakh court decisions have renewed attention to how territoriality, non-use, and misleading nature are applied in trademark disputes. The LOGNEX cases, involving a Russian company and a local…

Louise Thorning Ahle (Plougmann Vingtoft)

EUIPO - The interaction of law, public policy and morality

November 18, 2025

The concepts of law, public policy and morality in trademark law serve as absolute grounds for refusal under provisions such as Article 7(1)(f) of the European Union Trade Mark Regulation and Section…