Search results for

Stéphanie Bodoni, London

Eleven years after Mexico joined the international patent system, Luis Schmidt and Cesar Ramos of Olivares & Cia look at the recent changes to the PCT system, and consider their impact in Mexico

With its ability to transcend language barriers, colour is a powerful marketing tool for global brands. IP owners can hold colour marks, but it is unclear exactly what is required for legal protection and what constitutes infringement. Claire Jones looks at how colour should be protected and at some of the grey areas surrounding the subject

WIPO's Madrid system has gained several new members over the past few years, most notably the US and the EU, and it is still growing. Ernesto Rubio of WIPO provides an overview of the latest developments and trends

IP owners need to think carefully about what they are trying to achieve when they launch an anti-counterfeiting campaign. Bai Gang of Wan Hui Da IP Agency explains why

Thirty-two awards were presented to the firms of the year 2006 at a ceremony at Claridges in London on March 29. Listed here are the 26 country award winners, as well as the four regional European winners, in-house team of the year and lifetime achievement award

Customs officers have the power to stop the flow of fakes at China's borders. But if they are to do their job properly, they need far more help from IP owners, says Li Qunying, chief of the IP division in China's Customs administration

The National .es Domain Names Plan approved by Order ITC/1542/2005 on May 19, provides that Spain should set up a system for the friendly settlement of disputes arising in relation .es domains between the owner of that domain and a third party claiming lawful interests in it.

Moratoriums on commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in Australia should be lifted, according to a report prepared by the Agriculture and Food Policy Reference Group (AFPRG) and submitted to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in February 2006.

"2P or not 2P" was scribbled in a coin phone box in the UK in the 1990s and has recently been the title of an article in The Guardian on whether or not the 1p and 2p coins should be taken out of circulation in the UK. While having a different connotation, the same question can equally be asked about the IP rights for plants in Europe. The two types of IP rights for plants which co-exist in Europe, patents and plant variety rights (PVR), overlap in their scope of protection to a considerable extent, although the original intention had been to keep these two Ps separate.