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The Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria has launched a new electronic tool for oppositions and appeals
On 23 January 2019, a new functionality has been introduced in the Electronic Services Portal on the website of the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria, namely: the opposition decisions and the refusals of the experts regarding the examinations of trademark[…]
A draft of a new Law on Marks and Geographical Indications has been drafted
After the introduction of the so-called “opposition system”, which led to the largest trademark reform in 2011, new fundamental amendments to the Law on Marks and Geographical Indications will be accepted in 2019. The draft was published on the website of the[…]
CPDP has adopted a list of the types of processing operations for which an impact assessment is required
According to Art. 35 par. 1 of Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR), data controllers are obliged to conduct an impact assessment whenever a particular type of processing is likely to cause a high risk to the rights and freedoms of individuals. In order to[…]
The Act for Amendment and Supplement of the Personal Data Protection Act was adopted
On 24.01.2019, at second reading, the Act for Amendment and Supplement of the Personal Data Protection Act was adopted. The adopted amendments to the current Law on the Protection of Personal Data seeks to implement into our national legislation the new European[…]