Managing IP Correspondent

New Zealand: Wrong way round confusion insufficient

The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand has issued the first New Zealand decision on wrong way round confusion (TomTom International BV v TomTom Communications Limited [2015] NZIPOTM 2). If it stands, this decision is a cautionary tale for smaller businesses that may not be able to prevent another business with a large reputation entering the market with an identical mark, even where there is evidence of consumer confusion.

Managing IP Correspondent, May 26 2015

EPO rules on plant patents cases

The EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal has held that patents on plants produced by essentially biological process are not excluded from patentability. But Claudia E Unsin and Joseph P Taormino say this is not the end of the debate over the use of patented material by plant breeders

Managing IP Correspondent, May 26 2015

Hague gives teeth to provisional rights

Publication of design patent applications under the Hague Agreement for the Registration of Industrial Designs increases the value of provisional rights in the United States, as Brent M Dougal explains

Managing IP Correspondent, May 26 2015

Guest blog: Will UPC lead to a rise in arbitration?

In the second part of his post on the UPC, Tom Carver asks whether arbitration will be an attractive option once the new court system comes into effect

Managing IP Correspondent, May 21 2015

Photos from our Women in IP Network drinks reception

More than 200 trade mark professionals came along to a cocktail reception hosted by Managing IP’s Women in IP Global Network in San Diego last week

Managing IP Correspondent, May 12 2015

Guest blog: How high will UPC fees be?

In the first of a two-part blog, Tom Carver considers how much IP owners and users might be charged for using the Unified Patent Court

Managing IP Correspondent, May 10 2015

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