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New EU Design Protection

The design framework in the EU has been updated and is now up to date. Yesterday, the Council of the European Union adopted two new legislative acts on design protection, which aim to update and adapt the existing legislation (which is now more than 20 years old…) to current circumstances. With the awaited adoption of

Protect your IP rights online

With the expansion of top-level domains (gTLDs), domain names that are used to offer fake products and/or obtain personal information from consumers are becoming more and more varied. It is common to find domain names that incorporate trademarks and use different extensions (.shop, .shoe, .restaurant,, .info…) to create websites that look identical to the official

Uruguay joins the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

On October 7, 2024, Uruguay will proceed to deposit the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) to become a member of the PCT. In this way, on January 7, 2025 this agreement will enter into force and Uruguay will be eligible for the admission and reception of PCT applications. Uruguay will be the 158th country to join

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Season’s Greetings

Season’s Greetings

Happy Holidays – Felices Fiestas

Felices Fiestas – Happy Holidays 2020



Juice vs Nectar

After the Barcelona’s Provincial Court sentenced Granini to cease broadcasting an advertising spot of his orange nectar, it is now the Supreme Court which has ruled on that advertising. The action brought by J. García Carrion, owner of Don Simon trademark, against Granini arises from the broadcasting of an advertising spot in which Granini advertised

Happy Holidays – Season´s Greetings

Flash News October 11, 2024New EU Design ProtectionThe design framework in the EU has been updated and is now up to date. Yesterday, the Council of the European Union adopted two new legislative acts on design protection, which aim to update and adapt the existing legislation (which is now more than 20 years old…) to

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II Technical Seminars SICARM ICAMUR

On February 16, the II SICARM ICAMUR Technical Conference was held at the Illustrious Bar Association of Murcia. Jorge Oria participated as a speaker talking about “Domain names, metatags and keywords: infringement of distinctive signs and legal actions for their recovery”.

Feliz Navidad – Season´s Greetings 2016

Abril Informa October 11, 2024New EU Design ProtectionThe design framework in the EU has been updated and is now up to date. Yesterday, the Council of the European Union adopted two new legislative acts on design protection, which aim to update and adapt the existing legislation (which is now more than 20 years old…) to

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Abril Abogados in Youtube, jotajotavm

Flash News October 11, 2024New EU Design ProtectionThe design framework in the EU has been updated and is now up to date. Yesterday, the Council of the European Union adopted two new legislative acts on design protection, which aim to update and adapt the existing legislation (which is now more than 20 years old…) to

CEDRO, new modalities of exploitation of text works

On this occasion we have the collaboration of Javier Diaz de Olarte, Head of the Legal Department of CEDRO. Javier tells us in this video about the current situation of the new modalities of exploitation of text works, the effects of the next Intellectual Property Law and CEDRO’s recommendations to try to tackle this serious

Abril Abogados with entrepreneurs

Flash News October 11, 2024New EU Design ProtectionThe design framework in the EU has been updated and is now up to date. Yesterday, the Council of the European Union adopted two new legislative acts on design protection, which aim to update and adapt the existing legislation (which is now more than 20 years old…) to

Bill of the Patent Law

Flash News October 11, 2024New EU Design ProtectionThe design framework in the EU has been updated and is now up to date. Yesterday, the Council of the European Union adopted two new legislative acts on design protection, which aim to update and adapt the existing legislation (which is now more than 20 years old…) to