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We have attended a scientific forum on the topic “Protection of intellectual property rights – infringements, place and role of the law enforcement system”
February 22, 2023 in News

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We are pleased to share that on 17.02.2023 the team of the law firm attended a scientific forum on the topic "Protection of intellectual property rights - infringements, place and role of the law enforcement system", which was held at the Institute[...]
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New powers for the Commission for Personal Data Protection (CPDP) under the Whistleblower Protection Act
February 13, 2023 in News

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Author: Boyana Boyadzhieva The newly adopted Whistleblowing legislation, which will enter into force on 04.05.2023, implements the requirements Directive - (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of[...]
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January 28 has been declared Personal Data Protection Day
January 28, 2023 in News

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January 28th is the Day for the Protection of Personal Data. The initiative is of the Council of Europe, and this year the Commission for the Protection of Personal Data in Bulgaria marks the day with initiatives whose main goal is to[...]
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A new section on the website of the Commission for Personal Data Protection (CPDP) on the protection of children’s privacy
January 23, 2023 in News

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Author: Boyana Boyadzhieva As one of the focuses of its awareness-raising activities and in order to better inform children and young people, the CPDP has created a dedicated section on its institutional website on 'Children and their personal data'. The section contains[...]
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2022 was a very successful year for the EU Intellectual Property Office’s Ideas Powered SME Fund
January 21, 2023 in News

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2022 was a very successful year for the EU Intellectual Property Office's (EUIPO) Ideas Powered SME Fund, with a total of 22,479 applications from 21,967 SMEs from 27 EU member states, which is almost double the number of applications received in the[...]
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New improvement of the electronic services at the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria
January 19, 2023 in News

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Author: Boyana Boyadzhieva The Bulgarian Patent Office has announced that from 16.01.2023 filed applications will be accepted automatically, without the intervention of an employee of the Office. In that way, filers will receive an accession number and the possibility of payment immediately[...]
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TM View with support for national IP offices
January 17, 2023 in News

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Author: Preslav Baldzhiev The EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) will expand the field of application of one of TM View's functionalities – the image search, and it will interact with the tools developed by national offices through API. The decision is also[...]
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Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rules on the exercise of the “right to be forgotten” by search engines
January 16, 2023 in News

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Author: Boyana Boyadzhieva In its judgment in Case C-460/20, the CJEU ruled that the person operating an internet search engine must de-reference information that the person making the request proves to be manifestly inaccurate. The judgment follows a reference for a preliminary[...]
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The CPPD’s website with a new section
January 13, 2023 in News

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Author: Preslav Baldzhiev The Commission for the Protection of Personal Data (CPPD) has created a new section on its website. It will publish all the decisions of the Court оf Justice of the European Union (CJEU) related to the protection of personal[...]
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Is it possible to terminate a trademark license only at the request of one of the co-owners of the trademark?
January 13, 2023 in News

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Author: Boyana Boyadzhieva C‑686/21 VW, Legea Srl vs SW, CQ, ET, VW, Legea Srl., deals with the question of whether the consent of all co-owners or only some of them was required in the case of licensing of a trade mark, and[...]
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