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Cartier International appealed against the decision of the examiner rejecting protection in Russia for an international trade mark number 1111659 in respect of goods in classes 14 and services in class 35 with convention priority of December 22 2011.

On January 20 2015, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and Cambodia's Ministry of Industry and Handicraft (MIH). Under the terms of the agreement, applicants can soon enjoy ease of application for patents and industrial designs in Cambodia and Singapore by filing in either country.

If a trade mark owner finds out that his mark has been registered as a .tw country code top-level domain (ccTLD) by another party, he may file a complaint with an approved dispute resolution service provider based on Article 5.1 of the Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy promulgated by the Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC).

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