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Vietnam's IP Law is fairly liberal on the rights to register marks. Under the law, any organisation or individual has the right to register marks to be used for goods they produce or services they provide. In practice, except for collective marks or certification marks, which are strictly regulated, anyone (legal entities or individuals) can apply for a trade mark or a service mark for any kind of goods or services, as the trade mark office does not request any documents showing their legal status or intent to use at the time of filing. While this helps to simplify the process for trade mark registration, the ease of filing marks also results in trade mark squatting.

Understanding the “average consumer” is the key to resolving many questions related to trade mark law. But who is he or she?

A monthly column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam

Almost a year after China revised its trade mark law, a lack of capacity to handle the huge volume of applications continues to pose an obstacle to reform

Law firm Baker & McKenzie was the big winner at the 10th annual Managing IP Global Awards Dinner, held in London

Speaking at Managing IP’s US Patent Forum last week in Washington DC, Lisa Kattan of the US International Trade Commission (ITC) gave tips on how to better take advantage of the proceedings. One bit of advice – don’t treat it as if it’s standard litigation

Natalie Hanlon Leh, Mary Sooter and Benjamin Fernandez have joined WilmerHale’s Denver office as members of the litigation and intellectual property departments

Russell Slifer has been appointed deputy under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and deputy director of the USPTO

Speaking at Georgetown University yesterday, Congressman Darrell Issa (pictured) said that patent reform measures should not carve out exemptions for universities that behave like trolls

Jean-Baptiste Barbier, Counsellor for IP at the French Embassy in Beijing, explains how policies adopted by the French government have helped to cut levels of counterfeiting on online platforms, and how businesses around the world can use them to protect their customers and build respect for IP on the internet