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Senior intellectual property practitioners from Maiwald discuss how innovators can secure robust patent protection for AI inventions amid evolving EPO practice and accelerating technological change
February 6, 2026
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IP owners can often draw on the support of administrative enforcement officials tasked with the job of tackling IP offences. This is a guide to doing it in four jurisdictions -
Michael Williams, Siabon Seet, John Lee, Chris Williams and Lisa Lennon of Gilbert Tobin round up some of the most significant issues in Australian IP matters, including copyright cases, competition actions and deceptive similarity in famous marks
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Wayne Slater and Daniel Rosenthal of IP Gateway ask whether GUIs and icons are suitable subject matter for protection under Australian designs law, and advise on strategies to deal with them
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Paul McLachlan and Alex Hutchens of McCullough Robertson warn against an element of Australian competition law that creates particular risk for licensing
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Chris Schlicht and Marine Guillou of Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick look at how infringmement is being treated both in the Australian courts, and by Customs’ new seizure process
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Andrew F Christie, professor at Melbourne Law School, talks about the major developments in Australia in the past year, his concerns about the new government’s attitude toward innovation and why common preconceptions about the USPTO and EPO may not be quite accurate
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Fame means not all literary figure marks are created equal, says Charlotte Colthurst of Bird & Bird in examining an EUIPO Grand Board of Appeal ruling
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Becerril, Coca & Becerril
Stephania Cardiel of Becerril, Coca & Becerril examines how recent reforms signal a regional move towards faster, more internationally aligned innovation systems
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Inlex
Pravir Palayathan of Inlex explains Mauritius’ customs-led system for protecting trademarks, regulating authorised importers and exporters, and swiftly seizing counterfeit goods
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That.Legal
Gillian Tan of That.Legal explains how accidental font licensing gaps arise in practice, and how Singapore’s compensatory copyright framework affects enforcement outcomes
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Inlex
Igor Charles of Inlex explains how the EUIPO Board of Appeal recognised the Givenchy 4G logo’s reputation in France, linking luxury goods to financial services under Article 8(5) of the EU Trademark Regulation
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Wanhuida Intellectual Property
Yue Guan of Wanhuida Intellectual Property explains how the CNIPA’s rulings on mirogabalin besylate tablets highlight the importance of formulation patent drafting and claim amendments in China’s drug patent landscape
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Tilleke & Gibbins
Thanh Phuong Vu of Tilleke & Gibbins explains how Vietnam’s 2025 Intellectual Property Law amendment introduces protection for partial and intangible designs under Locarno Class 32
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Gün and Partners
A reversal decision by the Turkish Court of Cassation clarifies when patent enforcement may trigger unfair competition liability, report Aysel Korkmaz Yatkın, Selin Sinem Erciyas, and Beste Turan Kurtoğlu of Gün and Partners
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Hanol IP & Law
Min Son of Hanol IP & Law explains how the decision clarifies that multiple-word trademarks can infringe if an element serves as an essential distinctive part
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Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices
Taiwan has stepped up trade secret enforcement through legislative reform and court practice, says Tony Tung-Yang Chang of Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices