Managing IP Correspondent

Complex issues arising from the opposition system

Eduardo Kleinberg and Santiago Zubikarai of Basham discuss the lessons from Mexico’s nascent opposition system, including a lack of information about trade mark applications, examiners not being bound by oppositions, controversy over fees, and a lack of clarity about the basis on which an opposition may be filed

Managing IP Correspondent, December 11 2017

New life for industrial designs and geographical indications

Mexico is showing willingness to modernise its IP system by saying hello to the Hague Agreement and GIs beyond appellations of origin. Christian Thomae of Dumont explains how it will work

Managing IP Correspondent, December 11 2017

UK: Trade marks – Brexit update

Last month we discussed the EU's position on what they would like to achieve from the Brexit negotiations. This month we focus on the practical implications of trade mark protection in the UK with a simple Q&A.

Managing IP Correspondent, December 08 2017

Italy: The crackdown on Chinese trade mark squatters

Officina Profumo farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella SpA – a 400-year-old company based in Florence, Italy – and its trade mark consultants at Bugnion SpA can claim victory against Chinese trade mark squatters. On October 11 2017 the Italian producer of luxury cosmetics won its oppositions before the CTMO, the Chinese Trademark Office, against a Chinese individual, CAI Zhifeng, who filed in bad faith the company's house mark:

Managing IP Correspondent, December 08 2017

India: Arbitrability of IP issues

In a recent judgment of October 2017, a Division Bench of the Madras High Court in Lifestyle Equities CV v QDSeatoman Designs Pvt. Ltd & Ors has held that IP issues could be subject to arbitration. The fundamental point at dispute was whether and to what extent are IP related rights arbitrable given that they tend to have effect in rem.

Managing IP Correspondent, December 08 2017

Australia: Patents Office introducing amendments to Stifle Patents

IP Australia is proceeding at pace with implementing the Government's response to the Productivity Commission's Report to severely curtail the rights of patent holders.

Managing IP Correspondent, December 08 2017

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