Friday 28 February 2020
China is special when it comes to filing trademark applications because of its goods and services classification system. China uses the Nice classification system of 45 classes like much of the world, but China also has the overlay of its subclassification system.
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Friday 21 February 2020
Sortify.tm is pleased to announce the appointment of John Hackett as Brand Ambassador.
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Wednesday 19 February 2020
It’s long been thought that one weakness of this centralised system is “Central Attack”. This is where the home registration is attacked (within five years of the international application date), the whole house of cards, which is built upon that home registration, may come tumbling down.
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Thursday 19 December 2019
An attorney’s insight into the Nice 11 system, or as we like to call it a two-dimensional system in a three-dimensional world!
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Thursday 28 November 2019
Goods and services specifications are key when you’re deciding if Madrid is the right option for your client’s trademark filing. As we mentioned in our last post, filing through Madrid should not be an automatic decision, and the specific mark is an important consideration.
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