What is real
is not external form.”
As of July 2018, we are handling a case regarding the banking industry. Our client is a private equity US firm which has completed the acquisition of a subsidiary bank from a giant group in this field.
They intend to rebrand the business and step by step to reach the objective to strengthen the Eastern Europe banking sector. We are assisting them in this process of rebranding by providing support and consultancy on issues such as trademark availability searches and trademark application fillings.
Trademark availability
In a process of rebranding you get at that point where you need to register your trademark. Until it is registered, your desired wording or design is not a trademark yet, but only an idea. Although it may seem the best fir for your business, you first have to check if it is available.
Trademark application fillings
Registering a trademark requires following a number of steps. Once you are sure your trademark does not conflict with other preexisting IP assets, you can apply for the specific registration, by abiding to the formalities provided by the law of the respective country in which you wish to proceed with the registration. The application fillings are to be addressed to the institution operating in the respective jurisdiction.
With the help of a cease and desist letter, we managed to negotiate with the owner of a new trademark regarding the waiver of this, in order to protect our client’s trademark portfolio. This kind of letter is made in order to stop certain actions setted up in deadlines. The whole procedure took place between ( learn more )
Thanks to our client, the neurology product research and development industry continues to grow. In this sense, we have managed to obtain the registration of an innovative method in the neurological medical technology industry. The entire process has been examined and accepted by the European Patent Office. We are more than happy to see the ( learn more )
For businesses that operate online, maintaining a website that’s informative, easy to use, and free of any intellectual property right infringement is extremely important. After all, the value of many online businesses is affected by two main factors: turnover/profit, and the value of the intellectual property rights it owns or controls. There are a number ( learn more )