Design Protection in Gaming Industry The gaming industry is a realm of boundless creativity and innovation, where visually captivating designs play a pivotal role in attracting and engaging players. As game developers pour their heart and soul into crafting unique gaming experiences, it becomes crucial to understand the significance of

Worldwide IP status The main theme of this article is to look and examine whether there is an increase or decrease in intellectual property (IP) usage and registration throughout the world. However we will look into this issue only from the perspective of trademark, designs, plant varieties and patents. Other

Get Your IP Grant 2023 This year, the European Union (EU) together with European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) extended the EU small and medium enterprise (SME) fund program to offer free funding grant for registrations of intellectual property (IP) for SMEs all around the European Union. As the SMEs

Fast track for utility models At the beginning of April 2023, the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic introduced a new feature – the fast-track procedure for utility model applications. This procedure is intended to reduce the average total time that an applicant waits for the grant of this

US reduces fees on international designs The Haague system which was established in order to allow international registration of designs founded more than 95 years ago and functioning ever since until today, has got an update – USA as its member state decided to reduce the fees paid by applicants

Intellectual Property in Space Intellectual property (IP) law has experienced many challenges accross its existence such as Internet, Artificial Intelligence and Metaverse, but these are just a merely small challenges in comparisson to those ahead of us. Expansion of humankind in the outer space is inevitable and commercialization of this

Mauritius joins the Madrid system Madrid system which purpose is to allow registration of trademark on international level was established more than 130 years ago and is functional until this day. Now it will have a new member state – Mauritius, starting from May 2023. This country is therefore becoming the

Mauritius joins the Madrid system Madrid system which purpose is to allow registration of trademark on international level was established more than 130 years ago and is functional until this day. Now it will have a new member state – Mauritius, starting from May 2023. This country is therefore becoming the

Social network Channel registration duties If you have a YouTube channel, share videos on TikTok, Facebook Watch or Instagram, it is likely that you are subject to a new reporting obligation to the Media Services Council (“the Council”). In this article, we look at who does and does not have