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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 […]

By Odin, we didn’t see that coming! The Vikings were known as relentless explorers, travelling from their native Scandinavia to America, via present-day Ukraine and Constantinople. They were also known more negatively for sacking European cities during the Middle Age. But who would have thought that they could be the originators of the embryo of trademark law? And yet, during the Viking period (between the 8th and 11th centuries), in Scandinavia as elsewhere, trade between people, cities, regions and countries was already highly developed. As it has always been the case, and still is the case today, contemporaries sought to […]

It’s been 2 weeks since the EURO football tournament started, and intellectual property law still prevails during this event. Indeed, intellectual property is everywhere, even (or especially) in football! This EURO 2024 is another opportunity to focus on our most famous player, Kylian Mbappé, and his relationship with intellectual property. As a savvy businessman, Kylian Mbappé has worked hard on his image, especially on protecting his brand image. This protection now stretches beyond French borders. Indeed, the athlete currently owns 16 European Union trade marks. They include both word marks with his name and figurative marks featuring his initials, the […]

On August 3, 2024, it will be possible to extend your trademark to Qatar via the Madrid System. Qatar joined this international treaty on May 3, 2024, becoming the 115th member of the Madrid System, which comprises 131 countries worldwide: from China to the USA, from France to Finland, from Benelux to Botswana, from Estonia to Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) – let’s brush up on our geography in the process. Qatar is the 4th of the 6 member countries of the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), along with Bahrain, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, to join the Madrid System. This system […]

Eleonore Dauphant will represent MARK & LAW at the INTA Annual Meeting in Atlanta (USA) from 18-22 May, 2024. She will be delighted to meet you on this occasion and to exchange with you. For more information on the INTA 2024 Annual Meeting, click here.

On April 18, Nathalie FAYETTE had the pleasure of taking part in interviews with MonacoTech and Monaco Boost Starts Up, selected by WIPO. WIPO had taken the initiative of organizing a seminar on Intellectual Property in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the Principality of Monaco in Geneva, the Monaco Economic Board and the Direction du Développement Economique, which was a resounding success. The presentation by Jean-Pierre Santos, Head of Division at the Monegasque Industrial Property Office, also provided an opportunity to discover the growing dynamism of this office, as well as the support offered by its incubators to promising […]

Artificial intelligences need training to create articles, images, sounds, etc., so they happily dip into existing resources – the work of journalists and artists – without their prior consent, thus blithely plundering their copyrights and financial rights. Some authors are pressing charges: In 2023, the American daily The New York Times and the Authors Guild (over 14,000 American authors and writers) against Open AI (developer of the AI ChatGPT), or three artists Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan and Karla Ortiz against Stable Diffusion, Midjourney and DeviantArt. And in early 2024, Midjourney was again targeted after the names of 16,000 artists it […]

#WorldIPDay In 2000, to promote a better understanding of intellectual property, WIPO member states decided that April 26, the date on which the Convention establishing WIPO came into force in 1970, should become World Intellectual Property Day. Since then, World Intellectual Property Day has provided an annual opportunity to highlight the importance of creativity and innovation worldwide. It is also an opportunity to highlight the role played by intellectual property rights in promoting these innovations, whether through patents, trademarks, designs or copyright. This year, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is organizing an innovative video competition aimed at young people, […]

When it comes to errors made by artificial intelligence tools, it’s common to speak of “hallucinations“, a curious term if ever there was one, as if it were almost unrealistic for AI to make mistakes. How, then, to describe OpenAI and Microsoft’s takeover of several million articles from the respected New York Times newspaper? The complaint filed with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan refers to the damage caused by the artificial intelligence’s “hallucinations”, and calls for compensation in view of the serious damage caused to the reputation of the famous newspaper. Indeed, during this rework, which enables the development […]