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Le 3 février dernier, le Syndicat de défense des vins naturel a adopté en Assemblée générale une Charte d’engagement des vins méthode nature. Illustrée par deux logos indiquant la concentration en sulfites ( sans sulfites ou bien comprenant moins de 30mg/l de sulfites ), cette charte est l'abo...

On the occasion of this new year, we are making an update on industrial property in China, a country which is of great interest to French companies, provided, however, that it protects its industrial property rights.   SMISSAERT accompanies its clients during their developmen...

  The filing of a model in China is necessarily a national deposit that can last up to ten years (against 25 years in Europe). As in Europe, one of the conditions of validity of the model is its novelty, that is to say, the absence of prior disclosure wherever and whenever!...

It should be remembered that it is important to place a trademark in China as soon as possible, as it is not uncommon for private individuals to deposit trademarks on their own behalf, which they know are beginning to be used in Europe. Once these trademarks have filed these trademarks, these...

The package of "neutral" cigarettes becomes a reality, following the adoption of the law to modernize the health care system (called "Health Law"). By "neutral package" means that "conditioning units, external packaging and secondary packaging o...

Once again this year, Sophie SMISSAERT comes in June with students of ENILIA (National School of Dairy Industry and Food) to raise awareness on issues of makes and models to which these future professionals will necessarily face one day. They open a trade, they create a recipe th...

To educate businesses about the design approach Bpifrance offers since January 1, 2016 to design a diagnostic aid offer , which aims to raise PMEs and midcap companies on the integration of a design approach in business conducted by a design consultant .   Aid for design di...

By September 26, 2016, holders of European trademarks before 19 June 2012 and covering the classes of heads may file an amended declaration to specify the products and services they wanted to appoint more products and services class header. After this six-month period, European brands will be...

Currently, file a Community trade mark in a three-class assumes the payment of 900 taxes for ten years. Repeat the same brand assumes the resolution of 1350 euros taxes. As of March 23, 2016, changes in taxes, which are always paid by ten years will be as follows: De...

The trademark law reform project or "Packet Marks" was finally adopted by the European Parliament on 15 December last plenary session. The Directive came into force on January 12, 2016. The main changes introduced by the European Regulation will come into effect within 90 days follo...