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October 2024 | Bulletin num.170 |
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How to defend your IP rights in the digital worldConsumers are aware, to a greater or lesser extent, that on the internet you have to be cautious when buying, whether through search engines, social networks or marketplaces. Issue 122 of this magazine published in May 2020 already addressed this issue: InfoPI May 2020: Online commerce sales soar in Spain due to the coronavirus. Basic rules for detecting counterfeit products on the Internet. Likewise, for SMEs and freelancers, e-commerce continues to grow and plays an important role for them, and for others, it is taking off the business and a way of adapting to the new times. However, what can you do if you discover a counterfeit of your product for sale on an e-commerce Marketplace? On the other hand, what to do if someone is using your trademark on an e-commerce listing, taking advantage of your good reputation to mislead consumers? The European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) has a section on its website: the protection of intellectual property rights in e-commerce marketplaces. This section contains tools for IPR protection in e-commerce markets. It provides information on what to do if you discover that your brand or business is being infringed in an e-commerce marketplace. To protect your company and your customers, the first step is to remove those postings. These are the main tools:
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Table of contentsParalegales, Course on Industrial Property Administrative ManagementGetting closer to meet the XI Promotion of Honorary Ambassadors of the ‘Marca España’Conference “Patents in plants”Invenexpo: The International Fair of Inventions of Peralta, which seeks to connect investors and inventorsBlogFormas de finalización de los procedimientos de nulidad y caducidad de los signos distintivos ante la OEPM |