Intellectual Property News

Amidst the western sanctions placed on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, the head of the state, Vladimir Putin has authorised parallel imports for various popular alcoholic...

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) announced a new group of experts on data protection to review the existing framework for data protection in China. ...

The UKIPO has published a summary of data revealing intellectual property application examination wait times, including trade mark and patent applications, amongst its other servic...

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) recently published guidelines to improve IP protection at exhibitions and trade fairs. The guidelines are accessible...

The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) is a specialist court for intellectual property disputes aimed at SME businesses and McDaniels Law has historically been one of th...

Today is the first effective day of the Republic of Chile joining the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) Madrid Protocol, which is a cost-effective framework for the...

The UKIPO has announced this week that in May 2022 it cleared backlogs for the examination of trade marks, designs, and patents for the first time in two years. The UKIPO also ...

Wonka Bars originated from family book, and then film, of Charlie and the Chocolate Family and are renowned for the golden tickets surprise enclosed inside. The bars have made thei...

Since its launch in 2017, Amazon has expanded its Brand Registry services into several countries worldwide, including amongst many others the UK, USA, Brazil, Canada, France and Au...

A staggering by product of the war in Ukraine is the little publicised decree issued on 5 March by the Russian Government which legalises counterfeiting. The decree removes the...

For those trade mark and design right owners whose registered EU trade mark and EU design applications were still pending on 1 January 2021, they now have up until 30 September 202...

After England crashed out of UEFA Euros 2020 some disappointed fans took to their social media accounts to racially abuse the three England payers that did not score in the penalty...