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May 22, 2012
On Thursday the Court of Justice of the EU will end a long-running battle by a Swiss chocolate maker to protect the shape of its chocolate rabbits. Its ruling should clarify how OHIM should measure a trade mark’s distinctiveness. Here’s a guide to the dispute so far
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May 21, 2012
Managing IP lists the IP meetings, decisions and events taking place this week
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May 14, 2012
Managing IP lists the IP conferences, decisions and meetings taking place this week
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May 09, 2012
There are signs that it is becoming easier to register nontraditional trademarks. But how useful are they for brand owners? A session at today's INTA Annual Meeting compares practice in China, Europe and the United States, reports Emma Barraclough.
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May 09, 2012
Companies outside Europe could be forgiven for thinking that trademark law around the EU is relatively harmonized, given the EU-level directives and Community trade mark system. Attendees at the Regional Update session on Europe yesterday were reminded, however, that that is not the case with unregistered marks.
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May 07, 2012
With a single market of 500 million people across 27 countries that some of the world’s richest consumers call home, it is unsurprising that brand owners want to boost their presence in the European Union marketplace. But protecting their trademark rights there can be a tricky business.
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May 03, 2012
The Advocate General in the EU has said that Gevers and other firms should not have been able to register .eu domains for clients, as they do not qualify as licensees
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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 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 23, 2012
Managing IP lists the IP meetings, conferences and decisions to watch out for this week
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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 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 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 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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March 29, 2012
An application for the trade mark Beatle for mobility scooters has been rejected in the EU on the grounds that its users would associate the mark with The Beatles
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March 29, 2012
Last week saw a hearing at the Court of Justice of the EU over two questions concerning the domain .eu. The case could affect the rights of trade mark attorneys across Europe