Managing IP Correspondent

Australia: Productivity Commission introduces anti-IP draft report

In a lengthy report, the Australian Productivity Commission has recommended significant curtailment of the rights of IP holders in Australia.

Managing IP Correspondent, June 22 2016

Russia: Using the internet in trade mark examination

The appeal board of the patent office examined an appeal against refusal of registration of the trade mark Svenska Handelsbanken on IR number 1107500 filed by the Swedish company Svenska Handelsbanken АВ (publ) in respect of services in classes 35, 36, 45.

Managing IP Correspondent, June 22 2016

The Philippines: New electronic filing system

On April 23 2016 in celebration of the World IP Day, the Intellectual Property Office (IPOPHL) launched its improved electronic filing system for trade marks called IPOPHL TM eFile. Unlke the previous e-filing system where payment has to be deposited physically to the designated bank, the new TMeFile is linked to three different payment channels, hence, the filer need not go to the IPOPHL office to file trade mark applications. The new system was initiated by newly appointed IPOPHL Director General Josephine Rima-Santiago. The added features of the new system are:

Managing IP Correspondent, June 22 2016

Europe: Expert Group caution against reopening Biotech Directive

In 2012 the European Commission set up an Expert Group to advise the Commission with respect to the relation between IP and Directive 98/44/EC on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions. This directive is also known as the Biotech Directive.

Managing IP Correspondent, June 22 2016

Netherlands: Protection of designs with technical features

In The Netherlands there are two theories concerning the scope of protection of designs with technical features, more specifically the scope of protection of their technical elements. The first one is the so-called apparaat gerichteleer (apparatus-focused doctrine). According to this theory, every design element of a product which is technical or functional should be excluded from design protection. The other one is the so-called resultaat gerichteleer (result-focused doctrine). This theory holds that design protection of technical or functional elements of a product is possible as long as there are alternative technical or functional elements at hand to achieve the same result.

Managing IP Correspondent, June 22 2016

Europe Women in Business Law Awards: 2016 winners

The best female lawyers from across the continent congregated at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower in London to celebrate Euromoney Legal Media Group's sixth annual Europe Women in Business Law Awards

Managing IP Correspondent, June 17 2016

Americas Women in Business Law Awards: 2016 winners

The best female lawyers from across the Americas congregated at Essex House last night to celebrate Euromoney Legal Media Group’s fifth annual Americas Women in Business Law Awards

Managing IP Correspondent, June 10 2016

Can a foreign trade mark really trump a local one in Uganda?

A High Court trade mark judgment suggests that a foreign trade mark registration entitles the owner to registration of that trade mark in Uganda, despite conflicting Ugandan registrations. The decision shines a spotlight on the Paris Convention, some unusual provisions of the Ugandan Trademarks Act, and the East African Community, as Chris Walters explains

Managing IP Correspondent, June 09 2016

What in-house practitioners really want

A new IP STARS report analyses the concerns and priorities of in-house IP practitioners, and is based on responses from more than 1,100 questionnaires. Peter Ollier introduces the themes of the research

Managing IP Correspondent, June 07 2016

China’s trademark reforms, two years on (sponsored discussion)

Two years ago, China introduced major amendments to the Trademark Law. Lily Changxin Lei and Wen Zhong of Liu Shen & Associates analyze the impact they have had

Managing IP Correspondent, May 25 2016

An opposition system for Mexico at last (sponsored discussion)

Mexico’s Congress approved an amendment to the country’s industrial property law at the end of April to establish a trademark oppositions system. Attorneys from Basham Ringe y Correa explain how it will work

Managing IP Correspondent, May 23 2016

Navigating Customs enforcement in China

Rights owners have two options available when using Customs enforcement in China. Michael Fu, Tracy Shen and Kevin Yang of Chang Tsi & Partners explain the pros and cons of each

Managing IP Correspondent, May 23 2016

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