AIPPI passes wide-ranging resolutions
08 October 2010
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Managing Intellectual Property
IP practitioners passed resolutions on trade mark dilution, trade secrets, contributory patent infringement and the person skilled in the art during the AIPPI Congress this week
At the Congress, which takes place every two years, representatives of national groups debate and then vote on a number of resolutions on current IP topics.
The resolutions can influence governments and international organisations as they make new IP policies.
This year, there were five resolutions put to the vote.
Trade mark dilution
In one, delegates sent a clear signal to law makers about the need to provide enhanced protection to super-trade marks by passing a 10-point resolution on dilution.
The resolution provided that “certain trade marks” should be eligible for protection against dilution irrespective of the identity, similarity or dissimilarity of goods and services. However, it set out strict criteria, including that the trade marks should have “recognition or fame” among a significant part of the relevant public; that the relevant public would depend on the goods and services in question; and that they should have inherent or acquired...
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