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April 30, 2012
Toshiaki Iimura, one of the most experienced IP judges in Japan, has been appointed chief judge of the IP High Court in Tokyo
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April 30, 2012
Managing IP lists the IP decisions, conferences and events to watch out for this week
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April 27, 2012
Prototype shoes, banned songs and poor grammar: have you been following the news in IP this week?
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April 27, 2012
The Madrid Protocol has received a big boost, with Mexico’s Senate approving the country’s accession this week and Colombia saying it will deposit its instrument in June
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April 27, 2012
The UK's IP minister reaffirmed the country's support for a unitary patent at an event to mark World IP Day yesterday
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April 26, 2012
Ideas Matter, a new industry association that aims to improve awareness of IP, was launched today in Brussels by companies, inventors, OHIM and WIPO
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April 26, 2012
The Asia-Pacific region is the first to celebrate World IP Day. Peter Leung in Hong Kong rounds up some of the activities
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April 25, 2012
A Chinese official has told reporters in Beijing that Proview is the owner of the iPad trade mark
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April 24, 2012
Following Australia and the UK, New Zealand’s government has released proposals to enforce plain packaging for cigarettes as part of a campaign to eliminate smoking by 2025
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April 24, 2012
Couvreurs Mont Blanc failed to have an identical domain transferred to it in a recent UDRP case because it had insufficient rights to the mark
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April 24, 2012
Siemens succeeded in having the domain name siemensit.org transferred to it in a recent WIPO case, but failed with siemitglobal.com
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April 23, 2012
Foreign patent owners have nothing to fear from the Indian patent system, a local lawyer told IP owners last week
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April 23, 2012
Cigarette makers told Australia’s High Court last week that the country’s plain packaging laws are unconstitutional and accused the government of Orwellian doublespeak
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April 23, 2012
Managing IP lists the IP meetings, conferences and decisions to watch out for this week
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April 20, 2012
Fixing the IT problem that has led to the suspension of the gTLD application process is Icann’s “number one priority”, its chief security officer said today
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April 20, 2012
Oswald Schroeder owes his job to a mouse
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April 20, 2012
An initial determination recommending a general exclusion order against counterfeit Louis Vuitton products could send trade mark owners flocking to the International Trade Commission
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April 19, 2012
The Australian Football League has said that its application for .afl was motivated by IP protection, and some marketing opportunities
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April 19, 2012
For 16 years, Shanghai has been using a draft version of legislation on famous trade marks. Switching to the official Measures should add clarity
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April 19, 2012
The Supreme People’s Court has released its Top 10 IP Cases of 2011, showing the country’s commitment to tackling online infringement
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April 17, 2012
The UK government has taken a step closer to introducing a plain packaging regime for cigarettes by launching a consultation on standardised tobacco packaging
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April 17, 2012
The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Supap Kirtsaeng v John Wiley & Sons, a case that addresses whether goods manufactured and purchased abroad are subject to the first sale doctrine
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April 15, 2012
The heads of OHIM and the US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board fielded some tough questions about their respective agencies’ methods during the Fordham IP Conference in New York
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April 13, 2012
This week's quiz questions cover gTLDs, UK IP policy, ACTA - and Jeremy Lin. How many can you answer?
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April 13, 2012
The UK Health Secretary has said he will launch a consultation on plain packaging for cigarettes on Monday
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April 13, 2012
A study by the British Brands Group has revealed that lookalike or parasitic packaging in supermarkets is at its highest level in five years
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April 12, 2012
Judge Denny Chin wanted attendees of the Fordham IP China Conference to know two things: First, he is not an IP expert. Second, he is not a China expert
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April 12, 2012
An influential European politician has indicated that he will recommend that ACTA be rejected, making it increasingly unlikely that the Agreement will ever be implemented in Europe
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April 12, 2012
Things are moving again at WIPO. That was the clear message from IP negotiators speaking at the Fordham IP conference in New York
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April 12, 2012
ICM Registry, which runs the .xxx domain, has applied for three other adult-related TLDs: .sex, .porn and .adult
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April 12, 2012
A technical fault with Icann’s application system has led to it extending the deadline for gTLD applications until next Friday
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April 11, 2012
A first-of-its-kind US government study released Wednesday concludes that intellectual property results in more than one-third of GDP and one-fourth of US jobs
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April 11, 2012
US authorities have seized nearly $900,000 from bank and PayPal accounts used to store the proceeds of counterfeit sportswear
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April 11, 2012
How can IP owners and regulators respond to the unprecedented attack on IP rights seen in the past few months?
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April 11, 2012
A Spanish travel agency has lost another in a series of cases over domain names, this time under the .au Dispute Resolution Policy
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April 10, 2012
Trade mark owners are rejoicing following the Rosetta Stone v Google ruling, saying it could curb expansion of the functionality doctrine by district courts
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April 09, 2012
A US appeals court has reversed much of a district court’s ruling in favour of Google in a case that will help to shape the law around the use of trade marks as keywords and in sponsored ads
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April 05, 2012
Internet companies and Hollywood faced off this week in friend of the court briefs filed in a case that could have major implications for how courts assess copyright infringement online
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April 05, 2012
A judge in the England & Wales High Court has said that a trial between smartphone rivals Apple and Samsung in a designs dispute can be held in June
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April 05, 2012
Test your knowledge of this week’s IP developments. All the answers can be found in items on managingip.com published in the past five days
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April 05, 2012
The National Arbitration Forum received just over 2,000 domain name disputes last year, a 4% drop on 2010
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April 04, 2012
Last week lawyers for Gucci and Guess clashed in court over allegations of copying. But how successful have other brand owners been in claiming that rivals have infringed their rights?
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April 04, 2012
Clothing company True Religion has been awarded the largest ever damages amount in a counterfeiting case against 106 rogue websites
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April 04, 2012
An Australian appeal court has ruled that Google’s AdWord programme misleads and deceives consumers and ordered the company to change its system
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April 02, 2012
New York judge Colleen McMahon tells Karen Bolipata and a room full of judges why she went to law school, how she approaches patent cases, and why all judges need her invention, the e-Clerk
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April 02, 2012
Managing IP’s round-up of the IP events, decisions and meetings taking place week beginning April 2