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  • Standard essential patents and FRAND licensing: publication by the EC of the proposal for a regulation puts the EUIPO in the spotlight for the development of IoT

    The European Commission has presented a proposal for a regulation that aims to promote the transparency and predictability of licensing of standard essential patents (SEPs) and that will promote the development, among other areas, of the Internet of Things (IoT).

  • Architecture and Intellectual Property: Is it possible to protect a building?

    Garrigues IP Blog.

  • 10 key aspects of applying for a declaration of invalidity or the revocation of trademarks and trade names at the Spanish Patents and Trademarks Office

    Garrigues Intellectual Property Blog

  • God Save the Queen: what will happen to the Royal Warrants granted by the late Queen?

    Garrigues IP Blog

  • Trademarks filed in bad faith: the Portuguese experience of the past 3 years

    Post from Garrigues' IP Blog.

  • Reviews, professional reviewers and bot farms: new obligations for online businesses

    Post from Garrigues' IP Blog.

  • Russia takes over Champagne and Cognac: Has intellectual property become a geopolitical battlefield?

    Post from Garrigues' Intellectual Property blog.

  • Can content be added to a patent application already filed or to a patent already granted?

    Post from Garrigues' Intellectual Property blog.

  • Portugal: Law No. 7/2022 prohibits geo-blocking and discrimination practices in electronic sales to consumers in the autonomous regions

    Law no. 7/2022, published on January 10, aims to prohibit geo-blocking and unjustified discrimination, as well as other forms of discrimination in online sales based, directly or indirectly, on the place of residence or establishment of the consumer, applying to all traders who make goods or services available in the Portuguese territory.

  • Important changes in consumer protection laws: from sanctions for the use of absolutely prohibited clauses to additional information duties

    Portuguese Decree-Law no. 109-G/2021 published on last December 10, proceeds with the partial transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/2161 into the Portuguese legal order and amends several consumer protection rules contained in different diplomas.