December 2019

According to Law No. 4640/2019, as amended by Law 4647/2019, a compulsory mediation procedure is going to be applied for various kinds of disputes, including infringement of IP rights. These measures relate to an attempt to solve said disputes out-of-court, following a certain mediation procedure, as an obligatory stage before filing the corresponding main action, and shall apply from March 15th 2020 onwards.