June 2020

The Greek Patent and Trademark Offices have resumed their normal operation and the measures adopted to address the pandemic of Covid-19 have not been extended after 12 June 2020.

March 2020

A new trademark law has come into force implementing Directive EU) 2015/2436. The new law abolishes ex-officio examination on relative grounds. Furthermore, unlike appeals against decisions in opposition proceedings which are filed before the Administrative Courts, appeals against decisions in cancellation actions will now be filed before the Single Bench Civil Court of First Instance. Read […]

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, […]