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It’s the end of September and no Oktoberfest – already for the second time in a row. Moreover, the Oktoberfest is no longer without trademark protection. The term “Oktoberfest” is protected as an Union  trademark for 22 product classes – including tourism advertising.

Following last year’s certification of Thessaloniki, on 23 July 2021 the Municipality of Mykonos became the second Greek Authenticity to join the growing European Network of Authenticities.

A series of IP-related awareness-raising activities will take place locally over the next two years in the newly certified Authenticity, following a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation (OBI) and the Municipality of Mykonos, in cooperation with the Mykonos Town Business Owners Association.

The 1 million digitised files milestone was achieved on 7 July 2021 at the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH). The total number of digitised pages stands now at approximately 18 million.

The ECP5 Capture and Store Historical Files is a European Cooperation Project that aims to digitise paper dossiers across EU intellectual property (IP) offices to enable easy and rapid access to documentation and data related to trade marks and designs.

The European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, based at the EUIPO, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) work together to publish studies and research on global trade in counterfeit and pirated products. The reports analyse the impact on the economy and the share of international trade affected by the phenomenon.

Brussels (dpa) - Lego may have a pathway to protect its bricks as intellectual property after the EU General Court handed the Danish toymaker a win in a dispute about whether the design of some of its bricks can be exclusively registered.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) erred in law when it found that the bricks in question did not qualify as a protected design, the bloc's second-highest court ruled on Wednesday.

The office had failed to examine part of Lego's argument, according to a statement sent out by the General Court.