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Patent law and employees’ inventions
In 2004, a company filed a French patent application for a “portable device for detecting, alerting and transmitting information relating to a natural person”. An […]
Well-known trademark and fair motive don’t go together well
A recent decision from the French High Court focused on the application of article L.713-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code regarding the attempt to […]
A new partnership with OL&DI CONSULTING
With a view to always provide our customers with services that complement our activities, within a network of qualified partners, we are pleased to […]
Intellectual property seen by European citizens
The European Union Intellectual Property Office has carried out a study entitled “European citizens and intellectual property: perception, awareness and behavior”. This is an update […]
A piece of art created with AI sold on auction sales
You may not know Edmond de Belamy, gentleman represented on this painting sold at Christie’s New York. He is not the reason of the price […]
Protection of business secrecy
Following the adoption by the Senate on June 21st of the proposal for a law transposing the European Directive on business secrecy, let’s sum up. […]
A new partnership for PhD recruitments
Always looking at strengthening our network of skills, we have just signed an agreement with the firm ADOC Talent Management. It is the first European […]
BRANDON IP will be present at the [Entre-Preneurs] Meetings.
The [Entre-Preneurs] Meetings, organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Eure-et-Loir will be held again this year in Chartres. The event will be […]
No monopoly on the name « calisson »
A strange dispute took place this summer around the small well-known confectionery, made with candied melon and marzipan. In 2016, a Chinese citizen, Ye Chulin, […]
The domain name FRANCE.COM now belongs to the French government further to a legal action
In 1994, Mr. Jean-Noël Frydman bought the domain name FRANCE.COM in order to create a website for tourists visiting the country. More than 10 years […]
A new website for BRANDON VALORISATION
Our partner firm BRANDON VALORISATION has just renovated its website to make it more modern, more attractive and better reflect its activities. Please have a […]
Never women have filed so many patents, according to WIPO
The share of women recorded in international patent application at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has never been so high. In total, at least […]
Russia has entered the Hague convention about protection of international designs
Last February, Russia became the 53th member of the Hague Convention, which allows the international registration of designs. This is good news for all design […]
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has finally entered into force
You couldn’t have missed it, the General data protection regulation is now in force since May 25. The goal is to raise the security measures […]
A softening in the CIVC (Committee for the protection of Champaign) monopoly
The Champagne protected designation of origin (PDO) is actively defended ou enforced by the CIVC (Committee for the protection of Champaign) which sues any commercial […]
A few figures about patent applications
In France SMEs are at the origin of a growing number of patent applications in France: 21.2%. This figure has been steadily increasing since […]
Invisible coding, a weapon against counterfeiting for cosmetic brands
Some markets, such as cosmetics, household products or personal hygiene, face requirements and constraints in terms of packaging, traceability, continuity of brand image, constraints of […]
Our partner L.Brandon becomes Brandon Valorisation
To be closer to its activities, L.Brandon decided to take the name of Brandon Valorisation. It also allows him to harmonize its presentation on ours, […]