Ibaraki Prefecture issued a certificate of designation to the representatives of the four designated production areas of green onions in Mito City, strawberries in the Asahi district of Hokota City, coriander in Namegata City, and lotus roots in Ami Town.
The UK government has outlined its intention to offer EU registered trademarks a UK equivalent post-Brexit.In its latest draft agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU, the UK revealed that it would create an equivalent cloned right during the Brexit post-transition period, which is planned to last from 29 March 2019, to 31 December 2020.
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County is seeking to capitalize on its unprecedented basketball upset by registering trademarks for “UMBC Retrievers,” “Retriever Nation” and “16 over 1.” The latter is a reference to UMBC’s victory over the University of Virginia on Friday night, marking the first time a 16-seeded team defeated a No. 1 seed in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
Are you still using fax services to send documents to WIPO? If so, now’s the time to make the switch to Contact Madrid: starting April 1, 2018, the Madrid Registry will no longer process documents and requests received by fax.