As businesses increasingly integrate sustainability into their branding, «green trademarks» have become a strategic asset. However, the path to securing and maintaining these trademarks is fraught with some challenges. Here are some hurdles companies will need to navigate:

The EU Directive 2019/904 aims to prevent and reduce the impact of certain plastic products on the environment as well as to promote the transition to a circular economy with innovative and sustainable business models, products and materials. (see Article 1 of EU 2019/904).

With Easter approaching, I recently found myself strolling though the supermarket with my kids and overheard them discussing which chocolate bunnies and/or chocolate eggs they would love to find in their baskets this year.

Sell or Rent? Does it impact your intellectual property? Yes! It is a business decision which may strongly affect your IP

«Patents hinder the spreading of climatechange mitigating technologies, don’t they?» is a question I recently heard. Here are my thoughts on the topic.

A trademark is weakened not only by the use of identical and confusingly similar marks, but also by the registration of such marks. Many owners of registered trademarks have never heard of trademark monitoring. Why should they? The trademark is registered and everything seems fine.

The Members of the EU Parliament have agreed to adapt the rules for NGT plants (New Genomic Techniques, i.e. plants which have been obtained by genetic engineering tools, such as CRISPR/Cas). In their proposal, the MEPs aim to introduce a complete exclusion from patentability for all NGT plants. The intention behind seems to be to avoid legal uncertainties and dependencies for farmers and breeders.

In preparation for a lecture on carbon capture at the ETH this spring semester, I took the opportunity to take a closer look at the new CPC patent class Y02C, which is dedicated to capture and storage of greenhouse gases. Here are some key findings:

Die EU hat am 13. Dezember 2022 ihren Entwurf für den Angemessenheitsbeschluss zum Datenschutzniveau der USA veröffentlicht. Adrian Fischbacher beleuchtet diese Meldung.

Is a license required for CRISPR gene editing? If yes, how do I get one? In this article, some of the challenges in licensing CRISPR gene editing are discussed.