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  • Claiming the date of commencement of use of trade marks in Mexico raises some tricky issues. Jaime Delgado and Arturo D Reyes of Goodrich Riquelme & Asociados explain
  • A monthly column devoted to the curiosities and controversies of the IP world
  • Intellectual property valuation has novelty value among IP professionals not used to the mainstream importance of intangible assets. But as Gustavo A Alcocer and Carlos Woodworth of Olivares & Cia argue, valuing your IP is essential if you plan to use your assets in a productive fashion
  • A recent amendment to Mexico's IP law has made it easier to get a trade mark recognized as well-known or famous. But problems remain, explain Jorge Molet and Leonardo Taro Seo of Bufete Soní
  • Brussels: The European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee, which advises on all IP-related matters, has agreed that the EU's draft directive on the patenting of computer-implemented inventions had shortcomings that would lead to pure software patenting. The decision follows the Committee's meeting with IP lawyers who expressed their views on the directive during a public hearing on May 23.
  • The 69-year-old firm Burns Doane Swecker & Mathis has become the latest in a long line of IP boutiques to exit the US market, after it was acquired by Buchanan Ingersoll at the end of May.
  • A record number of attendees visited San Diego in May for the INTA Annual Meeting. More than 7,000 trade mark practitioners travelled to southern California for educational and networking opportunities, as well as social events including an unforgettable visit to Sea World where world-famous killer whale Shamu performed for the crowd. For the third year running, MIP published the INTA Daily News during the meeting.
  • Intellectual property owners have teamed up in Thailand to formally launch an association to help combat IP infringement.
  • When providing much-needed clarification on the patentability of biotechnological inventions, the Mexican Patent Office considered how other countries had dealt with the issue. By Horacio Rangel-Ortiz of Uhthoff Gomez Vega & Uhthoff
  • For the past 12 years, IBM has received more US patents than any other company. But now it says that it is changing the way it handles its IP, opening up large parts of its portfolio – and warns that its rivals will have to adapt or die. Sam Mamudi investigates