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  • Havana Nocturne: greetings from Cuba… and Uruguay

    November 30, 2012

    As part of my yearlong Presidency, I will be traveling on behalf of AIPLA to promote IP in America and American IP interests around the world.

  • MIP Handbook: Leading IP firms in Americas analysed

    June 01, 2012

    The Americas sections of the 2012 MIP Handbook are now available on miphandbook.com, with Europe and Asia due in subsequent weeks

  • Mexico approves accession to Madrid Protocol

    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

  • Icann Board meeting disappoints

    March 16, 2012

    An assembly of the Icann Board of Directors on the last day of the organisation’s meeting in Costa Rica ended with no discussion of some of the most important issues

  • Users push back on Icann batching methodology

    March 13, 2012

    Icann senior vice president Kurt Pritz got a mouthful from concerned attendees at the Icann meeting in Costa Rica about the so-called batching methodology the organisation has decided to use for new gTLDs

  • Icann executives under fire in Costa Rica

    March 13, 2012

    Icann’s Rod Beckstrom is focused on curbing conflicts within the organisation. But the user community is more interested in knowing which new gTLDs have been applied for so far

  • Groups back Pernod Ricard in Havana Club fight

    March 07, 2012

    The US Supreme Court has received three petitions asking it to hear Pernod Ricard’s decades-long fight for the Havana Club trade mark

  • Tobacco packaging back on the TRIPs agenda

    February 28, 2012

    The TRIPs Council – the WTO body that administers the TRIPs Agreement – has chosen a new chairman today who must guide it through debates on tobacco packaging and IP enforcement

  • Pernod loses appeal over Havana Club

    August 15, 2011

    The Havana Club trade mark saga has stumbled on one more step, with Pernod Ricard losing an appeal in the side show of a false advertising case

  • WTO split over plain packaging

    June 10, 2011

    WTO members were divided over Australia’s plans to force cigarettes to be sold in plain packaging at a meeting this week

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