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Unified Patent Court: the recognition of the French “saisie-contrefaçon” mechanism at the European level
The “saisie-contrefaçon” is a long-standing evidentiary measure familiar to French intellectual property practitioners. It has been successfully incorporated into the framework governing the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”), which has been in force for two years. The main points to remember are presented below.
Romania will accede the UPC agreement on September 1st 2024
Romania has deposited its instrument of ratification on May 31, 2024 and will accede to the UPC agreement on September 1st, 2024.
UDRP complaint: counterfeiting is not equivalent to cybersquatting
The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) procedure is an arbitration procedure initiated with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center allowing trademark owners to oppose the abusive registration of a domain name.
The UPC is gradually rolling out the new version of its CMS
The CMS is the case management system of the Unified Patent Court (UPC, https://www.unified-patent-court.org). It enables, among other things, the registration of legal representatives, the submission of documents by parties, access to case files, and the filing of opt-outs.
Data protection – January-June 2025
This newsletter presents a selection of legal news from January to June 2025 in the field of personal data protection.