The 22 December is the deadline for the hearing and public information on the draft royal decree updating the regulation on tobacco and related products, which introduces plain packaging, regulates nicotine pouches and vapers with and without nicotine and includes restrictions on flavourings. The aim is to improve public health protection through stricter regulation adapted

Study commissioned by the EUIPO about the Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products which entered into force on 16 November 2023 and will be fully applicable as of 1 December 2025. Among others, the Regulation stipulates

When applying for a trademark, we often wonder whether it will be considered descriptive, lacking in distinctive character, totally or partially similar to a PDO… and therefore rejected by the corresponding registration office, by incurring an absolute ground for refusal. In the specific case of European trademarks and absolute grounds for refusal, we must turn