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December 23, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI can now relax this Christmas after rumours that a mystery buyer registered vatican.xxx this week have been quashed
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December 21, 2011
Between May and November this year, China’s government recognised an astonishing 478 well-known trade marks through administrative proceedings, a rapid increase on previous years
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December 20, 2011
Patent and trade mark filings rose 7.2% and 11.8% respectively in 2010, far ahead of global GDP growth at 5.1%, according to WIPO’s annual statistics report
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December 20, 2011
IP Rota chief executive Jonathan Robinson explains what the recent .xxx sunrise suggests about future sunrise periods under the gTLD programme
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December 19, 2011
New laws, policy proposals, practice-changing litigation: here is Managing IP’s guide to the trade mark stories to look out for in the next 12 months
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December 19, 2011
Trade mark owners are preparing for the five-yearly update of the Nice Classification, with the 10th edition coming into force on January 1
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December 19, 2011
The UK government has postponed a planned public consultation on introducing plain packaging for tobacco products
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December 16, 2011
Following a markup attended by top industry lobbyists yesterday, a small but dedicated group of House Judiciary Committee members today forced the sponsor of controversial anti-piracy legislation to put off a final committee vote on the bill, possibly until 2012
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December 16, 2011
A guide to filing, protecting and enforcing your trade mark in Mexico. By Sergio L Olivares, Jr
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December 16, 2011
Well known for his firm’s large booth at the INTA Annual Meeting and its garish giveaway ties, Ed Lehman of Lehman Lee & Xu is now under fire for misappropriating a trade mark
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December 16, 2011
As China celebrated the 10th anniversary of its accession to the WTO, there are signs that a decade of pressure may be leading to long-term gains in the battle against counterfeiting and piracy
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December 16, 2011
ICM Registry targeted “blatant and undeniable” cybersquatters this week after suspending 50 to 70 .xxx domains without using any form of arbitration
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December 15, 2011
Win a free place at a Managing IP meeting of your choice in 2012 by answering our 20 questions on developments in the past year
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December 15, 2011
The sponsor of legislation in the US House of Representatives targeting rogue websites has proposed significant revisions to his bill in anticipation of today’s vote in the House Judiciary Committee
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December 15, 2011
Companies that fill packaging on behalf of others cannot infringe a third party’s trade mark, according to the Court of Justice of the EU
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December 15, 2011
A proposal to split India’s patent and trade mark agencies has been opposed by many practitioners, instead recommending a unified agency with greater financial autonomy and more examiners
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December 12, 2011
As director of product management at VeriSign, Sarah Langstone is responsible for educating brands about the new gTLD programme and said she has no time to rest before the application period opens
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December 12, 2011
Panellists at INTA’s conference on gTLDs last week tried to appease attendees’ concerns about trade mark protection but admitted they were uncertain about how at least two rights-protection mechanisms will work
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December 09, 2011
This week’s court defeat over the iPad is the latest in a line of trade mark setbacks for Apple in China. What is it doing wrong?
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December 09, 2011
Apple’s defeat in a Shenzhen court this week was caused by a unique set of circumstances, but still illustrates the widespread problem with trade mark squatting that foreign brand owners face in China
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December 09, 2011
A bill that would apply life sentences to counterfeit drug traffickers cleared the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday with bipartisan support.
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December 09, 2011
US senators and internet stakeholders yesterday expressed concern about consumer confusion and cost to brand owners at the prospect of up to 1,500 applications for new gTLDs
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December 08, 2011
Rumours that the two giant pandas that arrived in the UK this week were in exchange for an IP attaché appear to be unfounded. Either way, Britain has its first IP rep abroad
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December 08, 2011
The European Commission is to hold a second hearing for rights holders and users before it reveals its proposals to update the rules on enforcement
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December 07, 2011
A judge in California has denied Apple’s request for a preliminary injunction, delivering another blow to the company in its global smartphone battle with rival Samsung
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December 05, 2011
INTA welcomed the guidance from the Court of Justice of the EU in last week's Nokia and Philips cases, but Customs agencies say it's business as usual. Now the focus will turn to legislative reform
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December 01, 2011
First the good news: it will be easier for Customs to detain goods in transit following today’s Court of Justice ruling in the Nokia and Philips cases
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December 01, 2011
Ruling today in cases involving Nokia and Philips, the Court of Justice of the EU has clarified that Customs authorities can detain goods in transit, even where they are not explicitly offered for sale in the EU
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December 01, 2011
As discussions over patent and trade reforms in Europe reach a critical stage, the departure of key staff could cause more delays
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November 30, 2011
A federal judge in Las Vegas has authorised Chanel to seize hundreds of domain names of sites showing "good cause" that they are selling counterfeit products, and has ordered search engines and social media sites not to promote the sites through links
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November 30, 2011
The focus of debate in Washington is on IP enforcement, but Obama administration officials at a White House event yesterday declined to weigh in on controversial House and Senate bills that would give the attorney general more power to crack down on copyright and trade mark violations online
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November 29, 2011
US attorney general Eric Holder Tuesday announced a new public service campaign linking counterfeit products to criminal gangs and US job losses
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November 29, 2011
The Court of Justice’s senior legal adviser this morning told the Court it should harmonise the way that IP offices in Europe interpret class headings. So what will happen next for trade mark owners?
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November 29, 2011
Regulations curtailing brand owners’ rights to advertise and trade during next year’s London Olympic games will be considered by the House of Lords today. Managing IP explains what’s in them and how they will affect trade mark owners
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November 29, 2011
A university study has revealed that counterfeiting is costing Indonesia’s economy at least Rp43.2 trillion ($4.7 billion) a year in lost taxes
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November 29, 2011
Peter Ollier talks with Widyaretna Buenastuti, chairman of the Indonesian Anti-Counterfeiting Society about counterfeiting, consumers, and raising awareness
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November 29, 2011
The Advocate General at Europe’s highest court has said today that OHIM’s class-heading-covers-all approach to applications does not provide the clarity required for registering trade marks
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November 29, 2011
China’s decision to make its recent campaign against counterfeiting permanent and set up a new structure to oversee IP enforcement has received a cautious welcome from US officials
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November 28, 2011
The Court of Justice of the EU will give a judgment later this week in two cases that will affect whether IP owners can seize fake goods passing through the EU
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November 22, 2011
American Express has won its case seeking to cancel a competitor’s trade mark registration for the term BlackCard, which Amex said threatened to dilute the brand of its elusive black Centurion card
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November 22, 2011
After Australia passed a law this week to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products, Managing IP explains what the tobacco industry and its lawyers will do next
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November 22, 2011
Australia’s bold move to force plain packaging of tobacco will be watched closely – but may not be followed – by policy makers around the world
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November 21, 2011
Global businesses have urged Icann to say when a second round of gTLD applications will open so that registrants are not forced into a panicked decision next year
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November 21, 2011
Australia’s government passed plain packaging legislation today but now faces a legal fight on at least two fronts as the tobacco companies step up their campaign against the law
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November 18, 2011
Counterfeit pharmaceuticals were a focus of the House and Senate this week, as legislation was introduced in both bodies and a House hearing highlighted another bill aimed at thwarting online sales of fake drugs
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November 18, 2011
Finding the right mix of quality, cost-effectiveness and communication skills in outside counsel in the US is not easy, said in-house panellists last week, but they gave some good advice on where to look
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November 17, 2011
Trade mark practitioners and judges criticised the Court of Justice of the EU at a discussion in London last night
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November 16, 2011
A House bill that targets so-called rogue web sites has sparked a battle between technology companies and IP owners that some members of Congress called the most volatile in more than a decade
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November 16, 2011
Tan Yih San, who took over as chief executive of the IP Office of Singapore in June, tells Peter Ollier about his plans for the office and how his time in the army has helped him prepare
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November 16, 2011
IP owners need to rethink the way that they exploit and enforce their IP rights if they want to meet the challenges of a technology that could revolutionise manufacturing
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November 15, 2011
The International Trademark Association argues that the Christian Louboutin v Yves Saint Laurent case “is vitally important to the development of trade mark law” in an amicus brief filed yesterday
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November 15, 2011
The UK IPO has partially rejected an attempt by Nestlé to revoke Cadbury’s trade mark for purple patone colour 2865c
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November 15, 2011
The UK is introducing a small claims service at the Patents County Court designed to make it easier for small and medium-sized companies to sue IP infringers
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November 15, 2011
The European Commission could do far more to encourage businesses to protect their products with geographical indications, says Europe’s financial watchdog
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November 14, 2011
For some attendees at the INTA Leadership Meeting, a week of talking trade marks, meeting in committees and beach-based networking is not enough. What they’re really here for is golf
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November 14, 2011
The UDRP should be revised to ensure greater consistency in the interpretation of the fair use defence, according to a Cambridge University researcher
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November 14, 2011
Prosecution firm Avidity IP - recently rebranded from HLBBShaw and one of the few UK firms to be a limited company - announced an 89% increase in profits last month
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November 10, 2011
Groups representing brand owners have criticised Australia’s Senate for passing a law requiring tobacco products to be sold in plain packaging
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November 10, 2011
Nearly 90 business associations and global brands have joined together to “aggressively fight” the gTLD programme, labelling it destructive and unwanted
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November 10, 2011
David Bernstein of Debevoise & Plimpton was yesterday presented with the 2011 INTA President’s Award as the association recognised members for their volunteering and pro bono efforts
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November 09, 2011
Speaking exclusively to Managing IP, former Icann chairman Peter Dengate-Thrush defends his controversial move to Top Level Domain Holdings and says attempts to halt the gTLD programme are late and misguided
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November 08, 2011
An opinion from the Advocate General of the EU Court of Justice today provides one more small boost to Community designs, saying that owners should not have to prove a similar design invalid before infringement proceedings
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November 08, 2011
As the Occupy Wall Street protests proliferate beyond Wall Street’s Zuccotti Park, the number of trade mark filings for phrases related to the movement has also multiplied
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November 07, 2011
Speedo was so concerned about its clean reputation in Australia that it went to court to shut down a blogger who was using its brands on salacious websites, and last week won a wide-ranging order
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November 07, 2011
With a new president likely to oust him as director-general of IMPI, José Rodrigo Roque Díaz is in a race against time to improve IP awareness in Mexico. Refusing to play the part of lame duck, Roque spoke with Managing IP about his ambitious plans for the Office
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November 04, 2011
Dot-fr regulator Afnic will have new powers to resolve domain disputes from November 21 2011 when it introduces a dispute resolution system
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November 04, 2011
A Court of Appeal ruling last week against Dyson was another missed opportunity for registered designs in Britain, say lawyers
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November 03, 2011
The Supreme Court of the Philippines has released a set of rules designed to make IP litigation cheaper and quicker in a jurisdiction that is notorious for its inefficient enforcement
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November 03, 2011
The Australian government has postponed its plain packaging initiative for cigarette packets after the Bill was delayed in the Senate
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November 02, 2011
Bipartisan bills targeting online infringement will continue to advance, supporters of the legislation vowed Wednesday at a Capitol Hill press conference
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November 01, 2011
One of the advocate generals at the Court of Justice of the EU has explained why the Court will not allocate IP cases to a specialist tribunal or to judges trained in IP law
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October 31, 2011
In an exclusive interview with Emma Barraclough, Eleanor Sharpston explains the role of advocates general at the EU’s Court of Justice, the barriers to creating an IP tribunal and why she admires the ingenuity of parallel traders