Beginning December 21, 2019, trademark applicants and registrants will be required to file trademark applications and related documents using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).
Amazon has filed to trademark ‘Amazon Pharmacy’ in Canada, the U.K. and Australia, signaling a potential move into selling prescription drugs outside of the U.S.According to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office website, Amazon filed for the patent on Jan. 9, 2020. The status is listed as pre-formalized. The trademark also lists other areas that Amazon Pharmacy could move into including surgical, medical dental instruments and pharmaceutical as well as medical and veterinary preparations.
現地代理人からの最新情報によれば、ミャンマーにおけるソフトオープニング期間の開始が遅れており、当初2019年12月20日に予定されていましたが、その開始時期は2020年3月末か4月末まで延期されます。ソフトオープニング期間は6ヶ月間続き、ミャンマー商標局の営業開始日は2020年10月と予想されています。ソフトオープニング期間では、従前の商標所有についての登録された宣言(registered Declaration of Trademark Ownership)に基づく優先権を主張して再出願をすることができ、その出願によって2020年10月と予想されるミャンマー商標局の営業開始日に出願されたものと看做されます。ソフトオープニング期間における再出願には、従前の商標所有についての登録された宣言と共に使用についての証拠が要件(代理人による場合は委任状の提出も必要)となっています。現時点で未だ商標所有についての宣言の手続をしていないミャンマー商標権の取得希望者及びその更新希望者は、2020年5月までは従前の従前の商標所有についての宣言の登録手続を進めて早めに警告の知らせを公表すべきです。この場合、使用の証拠を準備できない出願人については、警告の知らせをソフトオープニング期間の再出願に必要な使用についての証拠となるように公表することが望まれます。ソフトオープニング期間における優先権を主張した再出願は、異議申立のための公告に付され、異議申立のなかった出願が正式な審査を経て登録となります。現時点(2020.1.22)では、未だオフィシャルフィーは決定されていません。
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A new legal framework in Myanmar has been announced for trade mark registration and protection, impacting upon both foreign and domestic trade mark…
This modernization of French law awaited by trademark practitioners and owners will have important practical consequences in terms of trademark protection and defence strategy.The new provisions are almost immediately applicable – since with the exception of the procedural changes that will come into force on 1st April 2020 – they entered into force on 11 December 2019 (i.e. the day after the publication of the implementing decree of 9 November 2019).
Simplified renewal of international registrationsInternational registrations are valid for ten years and can be renewed directly with WIPO. Amendments to Rule 30 of the Regulations under the Protocol simplify renewals considerably.For Contracting Parties that have declared for an individual fee per class, the renewal fee will be calculated taking into account only the number of classes for which protection has been granted.The simplification means that holders of international registrations who have been granted partial protection and are appealing such decision will no longer be required to pay individual fees for classes that are not protected upon renewal.Consequently, item 4 of the renewal form MM11 and the corresponding option in e-Renewal will be removed because they will no longer be required. Item 4 was used to give instructions to renew the international registration for all the goods and services with respect to a Contracting Party where the mark had been only partially protected. The new MM11 form will be available for download as from February 1, 2020.
The EEC Minister in charge of Trade Veronika Nikishina on application of marking of consumer goods in the EAEU countries, 5:17
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Eurasian Trademark: coming after 2020A new regional trademark registration is anticipated after 2020 when the Agreement on Trademarks, Service Marks and Names of Appellation of Origin of Goods of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will function in the EAEU member states, i.e., Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia.