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Switzerland: Arthurs prevails over Arthur

The Supreme Court recently issued a judgment in a trade mark and company name infringement action where both parties were using and had registered trade marks and company names with the main distinctive element Arthur or Arthur's.

Managing IP Correspondent, February 23 2015
US trade marks: Court expands something more standard

In the case In re St Helena Hospital, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently expanded the so-called "something more" standard for the relatedness of goods and services in analysing whether a likelihood of confusion existed between two marks.

Managing IP Correspondent, February 23 2015
Greece: Court rejects PI actions on website blocking

A number of Greek collecting societies managing copyrights and related rights filed preliminary injunction actions against internet service providers (ISPs) in 2014 before the Civil Court of Athens. These requested the defendants to take the appropriate technological or other measures, the implementation of which will make it unfeasible – impossible for their subscribers – to visit specific named websites, the content of which infringes the creators' copyrights.

Managing IP Correspondent, February 23 2015
New Zealand: IP and the ICC Cricket World Cup

Cricket fans from around the world are about to feast themselves on the bowling and batting of their favourite teams as the 20th ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 takes place in Australia and New Zealand.

Managing IP Correspondent, February 23 2015
Taiwan: Dual-track patent validity determination

Where there are doubts as to the validity of a patent, a patent invalidation action may be filed with the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) to request revocation of the patent, or patent invalidity may be used as a defence in infringement litigation to assert non-infringement.

Managing IP Correspondent, February 23 2015
Indonesia: Conflict over domain name www.bmw.id

At the beginning of this year, Indonesia has been coloured by an issue covered by various Indonesian media regarding a new conflict over the domain name HYPERLINK "http://www.bmw.id" \h www.bmw.id. The conflict is between an Indonesian national, Benny Muliawan, and the well-known automotive company, Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW).

Managing IP Correspondent, February 23 2015

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