May 2020

The application of the measures taken in relation to the COVID-9 pandemic is extended up to 31 May 2020 as regards court hearings and 12 June 2020 as regards the suspension of deadlines provided by the patent and trademark offices.

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, […]

June 2019

Patrinos & Kilimiris have been listed as highly recommended in the 2019 IAM Patent 1000 guide, one of the world’s leading resources to Patent Professionals. Constantinos Kilimiris is also listed in the top tier of recommended individuals.

April 2019

Further to amendments introduced to the patent law (by law 4605/2019), the recordal of patent license agreements has become compulsory. The same law introduced important changes in provisions relating to compulsory licenses and made the online filing of patent applications compulsory.

March 2019

Patrinos & Kilimiris have been listed in the silver tier of “The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals” 2019 edition, published by The World Trademark Review 1000, while Maria Kilimiris, Electra Kilimiris and Manolis Metaxakis are listed as recommended experts.