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Contracts Trademark registration

16 May 2023

Misleading invoices

Once you register your trademark with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), it is published in 23 official languages...

Copyright Brand strategy Contracts Trademark registration

March 30, 2023

10 interesting facts about trademarks

Did you know that a trademark can be protected on an “intention to use” basis? This means that you can protect your trademark before you start using it in commerce.

Brand strategy Trademark registration

21 February 2023

Relative grounds for refusal of registration. Oppositions. Part Two.

In the first part on the topic of "Oppositions", we learned more about the various grounds for refusal of registration, as well as that trademark law does not grant us a monopoly over it. In this article ...

Trademark registration

17 February 2023

Relative grounds for refusal of registration. Oppositions.

How to protect our trademark? How and on what basis can we challenge the claim of rights to it, if we have earlier rights and have already registered our trademark? The procedure for...

Trademark registration

9 February 2023

Can I make changes to an already registered trademark?

As the owner of a registered trademark, what are the main things I need to know? Registering a trademark grants the owner the exclusive right to use it. This...

Brand strategy Trademark registration

3 February 2023

Grant funding for small and medium-sized enterprises in 2023 – protect your trademark

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has announced a grant for the protection of intellectual property in 2023. Intellectual property? What is it? All creations of the human mind are...

Trademark registration

December 5, 2022

Grounds for refusal of trademark registration

The trademark registration process, although it may seem simple at first glance, actually hides many peculiarities. The following lines will introduce you to the two main types of grounds from the patent office ...

Trademark registration

21 November 2022

I registered my trademark. So I can do whatever I want with it?

Yes and no. Trademark registration gives full protection from the law, which arises from the date of its registration with the Patent Office. According to the Bulgarian Law on Trademarks and Geographical Indications, the...

Copyright Brand strategy

23 October 2022

What is a patent?

There are few who have not heard the term “patent”. It is so widespread that it is often even used incorrectly. However, a patent protects only inventions...

Trademark registration

17 September 2022

Trademark renewal

Every registered trademark in the Republic of Bulgaria has a protection period of 10 years, starting from the date of filing the application for registration with the Patent Office. After the expiration of this period, in the case of...

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