With case C-471/14, the Court of Justice of the European Union clarified that the relevant date to be taken into account for the calculation of the term of SPCs is the date of notification of the marketing authorization. Moreover, in Case C-492/16 issued on December 20th, 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union clarified how SPCs granted taking into account a wrong marketing authorization date and, hence, granted for a wrong term, [...]

It seems that Britney Spears, when she recorded a phonogram of the song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" never thought that one day she would be protected by Russian court. The rights for that song are owned by a US company Sony Music Entertainment, which licensed the rights to its offspring in Russia with the same name Sony Music Entertainment Ltd. This company has the rights for the song on the Russian territory and [...]

We take this opportunity to inform you that the Venezuelan Patent and Trademark Office (SAPI) has informed by official notice published on February 02, 2018 that they have suspended temporarily payments in USD for their services. Such decision is based on the revocation of the regulation that fixed the Exchange Rate to be used to calculate the Official Fees in said currency. This announcement applies to the Official Fees to be paid by Foreign [...]