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• Decision of the Administrative Council of 14 December 2023 amending Rules 1, 22, 41, 147 and 152 of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (CA/D 26/23)

  THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANISATION, Having regard to the European Patent Convention (hereinafter referred to as “EPC”) and in particular Article 33(1)(c) thereof, On a proposal from the President of the European Patent Office, Having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Patent Law,

• Qatar to Access the Madrid Protocol

  Madrid Protocol Concerning the International Registration of Marks

• EUIPO Rejected the Registration of the Metaverse Food Trademark

  The “Metaverse food” case was reviewed by the Board of Appeal of EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office), which ultimately rejected the trademark application.