Nathalie FAYETTE

A part of the MARK & LAW team had the opportunity to visit the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), based in Geneva, a key player in promoting and protecting intellectual property (IP) rights on a global scale. What is WIPO? Founded in 1967, WIPO is a specialized agency of the United Nations with the mission to encourage innovation and creativity through a balanced and accessible international intellectual property system. It currently has 193 member states and administers several international treaties, including the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of trademarks. During our visit, we […]

The 2024 edition of the Festival Lumière will take place at several venues in the Lyon Metropolis from Saturday 12 to Sunday 20 October 2024. The Festival Lumière, held every year in the Lyon area, is one of France’s major cinema events. Created in 2009 by the Institut Lumière, the festival celebrates heritage cinema and pays tribute to cinematographic works that have marked the history of the 7th art. The Festival Lumière is a flagship event for all film lovers, attracting cinephiles from all over the world to (re)discover masterpieces and attend exclusive retrospectives. This year, as in 2018 and […]

September marks the start of a new school year for children and teenagers, and is often accompanied by registrations for various extracurricular activities. This is an opportunity for the CNIL (French National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties) to remind everyone of the importance of good practices in personal data protection, especially when faced with the many forms that need to be filled out. The French Data Protection Act and the GDPR require companies and entities to comply, but it is important to remember that the primary goal of these regulations is to ensure the protection of individuals’ data. […]

Between June 11 and July 3, 2024, the INPI (French National Institute of Industrial Property) was operating at full capacity, as the trademark “Nouveau Front Populaire” was registered seven times, both as a wordmark and as a figurative mark, on successive dates by each of the four parties forming the NFP movement. Regardless of political considerations, the commendable reflex to protect the name of one’s party is praiseworthy but the proper use and understanding of trademark rights raises questions. Indeed, the first two parties that registered the trademark on the same day, June 11, 2024, namely the Socialist Party and […]