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After overcoming many obstacles, the Unified Patent Court Agreement will finally come into force on June 1, and with it…
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What’s an ‘opt-out’ like you doing in a patent like this?
(NEW ARTICLE) Rarely has a choice between two options given rise to so much controversy as whether or not to…
Read moreMontserrat Jané and Bernabé Zea to participate in a session about the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
On 17th May ZBM’s Montserrat Jané and Bernabé Zea will participate in a hybrid…
Read moreEUIPO opens calls for grants for SMEs 2023
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has re-launched the “Ideas Powered for business” SME Fund, a grant programme designed…
Read moreNew administrative procedures for the nullity and revocation of trademarks in Spain
As we had anticipated, on 14 January 2023, the new procedures for the invalidity and revocation of Spanish trademark…
Read moreEntry into force of the UPC Agreement currently planned for April 1st 2023
According to the implementation roadmap announced by UPC Preparatory team on October 6th 2022, the German ratification of the UPC…
Read moreZBM recognised in the IAM European Patent Office (EPO) Patent rankings 2022
Alongside the continual recognition ZBM receives annually from the Managing Intellectual Property IPStars and the Intellectual Asset Management magazine (IAM)…
Read moreZBM shortlisted in the Managing IP EMEA Awards 2022
We are delighted to announce that Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) has yet again shortlisted ZBM for this year’s Europe, the…
Read moreSetting up of the technical and infrastructural preparations for the UPC: A further step towards the entry into force of the UPC Agreement
The Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application (PPA) entered into force on January 19th,…
Read moreThe road to German ratification of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement is closer
Following on from our post of 12 July 2021, for the European patent with unitary effect and the Unified Patent…
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