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May 21, 2012
How much attention have you been paying to IP developments in the past week? Test your knowledge with Managing IP’s news quiz
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May 17, 2012
Icann has selected Alain Pellet as the independent objector for the global top level domain (gTLD) selection program
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May 14, 2012
France’s highest court has ruled in the latest round of a battle between online auction site eBay and luxury goods company LVMH
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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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March 16, 2012
The Marks & Clerk group has launched two new IP consultancy businesses in London and Paris
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March 15, 2012
Hogan Lovells won the inaugural global IP firm of the year award at tonight’s Managing IP Awards Dinner in London
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March 02, 2012
Managing IP’s ranking of trade mark firms in Europe sees several firms change places in the Netherlands as key lawyers move
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February 24, 2012
Apple and Samsung are pouring millions of dollars into litigation over the IP rights behind their smartphones and tablet computers. Managing IP considers which firms are benefitting
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January 27, 2012
Free access: The nominations for Managing IP’s Global Awards 2012 have been announced
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January 20, 2012
A new law has come into force in France that will allow generic drugs companies to copy the colour and shape of drugs made by branded pharmaceutical companies
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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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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 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 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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October 14, 2011
Lawyers representing the UK, Denmark, Germany, Ireland and France lined up this week to tell the Court of Justice why OHIM should change its practice on class headings and how it affects trade mark owners
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October 03, 2011
Brand owners at a conference in Paris were divided about the impact of the new gTLD programme on cybersquatting and trade mark infringement
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October 03, 2011
The applicant guidebook for new gTLDs is designed to be a “roadmap, not a roadblock” according to Icann vice-president Kurt Pritz
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September 15, 2011
The global communications campaign to publicise new gTLDs will launch next week amid concerns that its $750,000 advertising budget is insufficient
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August 12, 2011
In the same week that Louboutin was denied a preliminary injunction in the US over its distinctive red sole, it has been revealed that the mark is registered in Europe
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July 21, 2011
Brand owners have described last week’s Court of Justice ruling in L’Oréal v eBay as “a major step forward” and “about time”