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March 06, 2012
A record number of brand owners filed cybersquatting cases with WIPO last year – and the IP organisation says that the introduction of new gTLDs will stretch trade mark owners’ resources still further
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March 02, 2012
Brussels was the setting for impassioned debate over the EU's approach to ACTA this week. But it wasn’t the only place where concerns were raised in Europe
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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 25, 2012
Pfizer has succeeded in preventing Polish company Viaguara from registering its name as a Community trade mark for energy drinks and alcohol
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December 20, 2011
Patent and trade mark filings rose 7.2% and 11.8% respectively in 2010, far ahead of global GDP growth at 5.1%, according to WIPO’s annual statistics report
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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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September 28, 2011
More than 1,000 IP officials are gathered in Geneva this week and next to debate, argue over and rubber stamp policy-making work being carried out by the World Intellectual Property Organization
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June 07, 2011
The WTO’s TRIPs Council is to debate plain packaging for cigarettes, as concern grows about proposed legislation in Australia
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May 15, 2011
The Madrid System is going electronic, and you can help shape it. WIPO will demonstrate three new services at its booth in the Exhibition Hall
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May 10, 2011
OHIM President António Campinos would like the Office to become “the true IP office for Europe” he told Managing IP
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April 27, 2011
WIPO Director General stressed the role of designs as "the language of communication of objects" in his message for World IP Day
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April 27, 2011
Microsoft used World IP Day to call for stronger IP protection and urge the IT industry, governments and consumers to speak out about the importance of IP rights
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April 04, 2011
Later this month, World IP Day will celebrate the role of designers. Today, WIPO announced that international design filings grew by 33% in 2010
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March 15, 2011
WIPO’s trade marks committee is to consider whether to develop standards for determining secondary liability of internet intermediaries
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March 04, 2011
Apps are becoming a growing source of trade mark infringement, and complaints procedures aren’t yet up to scratch, according to brand owners
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January 14, 2011
As developed countries try to increase their tax revenue to reduce fiscal deficits, companies that move their IP into tax-efficient jurisdictions will come under increasing scrutiny
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December 20, 2010
Changes designed to provide more security for international trade mark owners come into effect at the beginning of next month
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June 28, 2010
Negotiators are meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland this week in the latest round of discussions on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
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June 21, 2010
Managing IP examines public registries to see which IP rights FIFA owns around the world
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June 11, 2010
Pharmaceutical companies have changed their approach to patent pools over the past two years, a senior adviser at drugs financing body UNITAID says