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CIC energiGUNE: Industrial Property management by a European leader in energy storage
The battery sector is experiencing rapid growth and is one of the European economy’s great bets for achieving the longed-for ecological transition. Today, a series

Explaining the role of Industrial Property in the return on investment in clinical research at Vitafoods Digital Days
The demand for nutraceutical products which contribute to human health and well-being only continues to grow. There is an enormous industry behind it which invests

Opposition to a European patent before the EPO
After a European patent has been granted, third parties may challenge said grant with the aim of revoking it or maintaining it in a more

The protection of trademarks in China: key points
The new Guidelines for Trademark Examination and Trial in China went into effect on 1 January 2022 (accessible here; for now, they are only in Chinese),

Intellectual property and software: patent, copyright or secret?
When the patent system was first introduced, the most common inventions were mechanical and electrical devices. The time required to develop a prototype, put it

Non-infringement, added subject matter and lack of inventive step: reasons why Lidl beat Thermomix
On 13 January, the Court of Barcelona issued its judgment on the appeal lodged by Lidl against Vorwerk (proprietor of the Thermomix trademark) related to

#WorldIPDay – FOSSA Systems: a young company conquering space to provide connectivity to remote areas
Aspiring to be an astronaut and travelling through space is one of those dreams that all or almost all of us have had growing up.

Mobile World Congress 2022 Protocol for protecting intellectual property. Legal actions available to rights holders and potential defendants
This year Barcelona once again hosts the world’s most important event in the field of telecommunications: the Mobile World Congress. To face the challenges posed

Trademark, Design and Patent Grants: Ideas powered for business SME FUND
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has published the 2022 call for grants from the Ideas powered for business SME Fund. The initiative was

Brief history of the European unitary patent
UPDATE: 3 August 2023 Since the 1970’s the EU member states have aimed towards the creation of a single patent that covers all the member

Three new Spanish Patent and Trademark Agents at ABG IP
We are delighted to announce that three members of the ABG Intellectual Property team have passed the exams required to practice as Patent and Trademark

ABG IP gives the XI Conference on Patents and Intellectual Property organized by the Escola de Enxeñería Industrial of the Universidade de Vigo
The difference between intellectual property and industrial property, the features of the different protection figures, their prosecution and their internationalization were some of the topics