26 March 2020TrademarksSarah Morgan

TM filings slide in EU, UK and US amid COVID-19 outbreak

Trademark filings at some of the world’s biggest IP offices have begun to fall, despite showing resilience late last week amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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