The new eMadrid (beta) is launched
On May 21, 2025, WIPO has launched a brand-new & #40;beta& #41; version of eMadrid, transforming how trademark professionals file and manage international trademark registrations.
Brazil: INPI Announces Changes to IP Fees Effective August 2025
The Ordinance GM/MDIC No. 110, published on May 9, 2025, established an adjustment to the fee schedule for Intellectual Property Services at the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office & #40;“INPI”& #41;. The new fee table modifies the amounts charged for various services, with significant changes in trademark application fees.
Introduction of the subclass
Introduction of the subclass
Electronic Publication of Trademarks
Electronic Publication of Trademarks
Trademark Registration in South Africa
Trademark registration provides exclusive rights to use your brand or logo in connection with your products or services. South Africa is not a member of the Madrid Protocol, so all filings must be national.
Tilleke & Gibbins Successfully Helps Luckin Coffee Enforce its Brand in Thailand with Historic Damages in Landmark Judgment
On February 6, 2025, Thailand’s Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court & #40;IP&IT Court& #41; rendered a new judgment in favor of Luckin Coffee, China’s largest coffee company and coffeehouse chain. The ruling confirmed the company’s better right over the Luckin Coffee trademark and logo, and awarded significant compensation to Luckin Coffee arising from infringement of its mark and logo.
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. v Network Design Group Limited 2025 NZIPOTM 3 -21 February 2025
Decision
It’s giving trade mark: the registrability and enforceability of Gen Z Slang in South Africa
With the emergence of Gen Z Slang, spoken by the generation born between 1997 and 2012, you would be forgiven for feeling cheugy & #40;read “someone who is out of date”& #41; when the language of these “digital natives” flies right over your head & #40;the authors included, who, without giving our ages away, sit as bookends of the Millennial Generation& #41;. As this new vocabulary continues to grow, an interesting question to ponder is whether these slang terms could be protected as trade marks?