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Bulgarian officials at the Customs Office in Plovdiv, central Bulgaria, seized thousands of counterfeit toys, work gloves and watches while inspecting three trucks with Iranian license plates.

During regular controls at Macedonia’s border crossings in the period August 27 – September 13, 2012, the customs officials seized a considerable quantity of goods bearing well-known brand names, believed to be counterfeit.

In general the protection of intellectual property rights over products related to or originating in a defined geographical area is based on the legal concept of a "geographical indication."

The Sofia City Court (SCC) has recently issued a decision stating that the Bulgarian producer and importer of canned fruit and vegetables Misota did not act in bad faith when filing the trademark application MIRELA (combined application No. 91118; November 9, 2006).

Considering Russia’s growing economic presence in Montenegro, when obtaining trademark protection in Russia, it may be wise to do the same in the small Balkan country on the Adriatic Sea.

On August 24 and September 4, 2012, the Bulgarian customs officials destroyed a significant quantity of counterfeit items, which were seized earlier this year at the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing point, southern Bulgaria.

New amendments to the packaging waste legislation were promulgated in the 100th issue of the Bulgarian State Gazette dated 16 December 2022. The amendments are in the Ordinance on Packaging...

The draft amendment to the current Bulgarian trademark law, which provides for major changes to trademark registration procedures, has passed the first round of voting in the National Assembly.

As a member state of the EU, trademark protection in Bulgaria is often achieved through the registration of an European Union Trademark. However, an EUTM may not always be feasible or advantageous.

A new law on trademarks and geographical indications took effect in Bulgaria.

On March 23, 2016, the EU Regulation 2015/2424 of the European Parliament and of the Council (the EUTM Regulation) came into force amending the Community Trademark Regulation.

As we know, registering a trademark is crucial to protecting your brand in a particular territory.

IP rights are valuable assets to any business. Patents and utility models protect new technologies and give you a monopoly over them. Trademarks protect your brand and ensure that only you can use it.

The registration of a trademark is one of the most important steps in the development of a brand.

It is of utmost importance to provide legal means by which the unitary rights already acquired within the EU will continue to have effect for the UK territory after BREXIT.

Hardly anyone could argue against the constantly increasing importance of IP to companies. IP not only affects the business models of companies but also brings additional value to the table...

A popular practice among consumers under the age of 30 is to purposely search for better-value alternatives to items from well-known brands.