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May 06, 2013
On Friday, the European Trade Mark and Design Network (TMDN) published its first Common Communication, setting out the differences between European trademark offices in how they interpret class headings.
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April 18, 2013
Managing IP presented trophies to the outstanding firms in 70 categories last night, as well as in-house and individual achievement awards. Here are all the winners
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February 25, 2013
Managing IP’s Global Awards Dinner recognising outstanding work in IP in the past year takes place in London on April 17. Winners will be selected from the following shortlists
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February 04, 2013
Restauranteur Giuseppe Cipriani cannot use the words "by G Cipriani" or "managed by Giuseppe Cipriani" on restaurants in the UK, a judge has ruled
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May 11, 2012
Is Singapore the most tax-friendly location for holding IP rights? According to speakers at a seminar in Hong Kong today, it might be
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May 09, 2012
“We now hand over to Paola Gelato of Studio Legale Jacobacci to talk about geographical indications in Italy. And I warn you, anyone that skipped lunch is going to find this difficult,” said chair Jaroslaw Kulikowski of Kulikowska & Kulikowski in Poland in yesterday’s session, Appellations d’Origine: Made in Europe. And so it proved.
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March 16, 2012
Test your knowledge of IP news with our five quick questions on the past week’s developments
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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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January 27, 2012
Free access: The nominations for Managing IP’s Global Awards 2012 have been announced
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January 13, 2012
Rules within EU member states on so-called look-alikes vary so greatly that the practice is able to flourish in parts of the European Union, says a report prepared for the European Commission
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December 23, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI can now relax this Christmas after rumours that a mystery buyer registered vatican.xxx this week have been quashed
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September 26, 2011
The BBC is taking legal action in Italy to prevent a rival version of its hit show Strictly Come Dancing from being shown by Silvio Berlusconi’s television network Mediaset
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September 16, 2011
Both OHIM and WIPO expect trade mark filings to increase by 10% this year, despite the worldwide economic slump
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September 14, 2011
Social media is changing the way brands work, and trade mark owners need to wise up. That was the powerful message from brands such as IKEA and Gucci at the annual MARQUES conference, which started today in Baveno
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July 06, 2011
The Court of Justice of the EU has ruled that Elio Fiorucci can invalidate Edwin’s registration of his name as a trade mark, even though he sold the company all his “creative assets”
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June 28, 2011
Italian trade mark oppositions, which become possible for the first time on Friday, are relatively narrow and differ substantially from other European procedures
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April 04, 2011
The Italian trade mark office has said it expects to allow opposition procedures for trade mark applications for the first time from May 1, but trade mark attorneys are sceptical
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April 04, 2011
WIPO received 39,687 applications through the Madrid System in 2010, with the biggest growth coming from South Korea, China and Italy
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February 10, 2011
The leaked cables about the ACTA negotiating process published by WikiLeaks also reveal the anger of the Italian government at its negative write up in the USTR’s 2008 Special 301 report