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In Co-Operative Bank Limited v Anderson [2014] NZHC 2686, the Co-operative Bank Limited (TCB) unsuccessfully sought an interim injunction to prevent a credit union (NZACU) from using certain names that included the words 'co-op'.

In Japan, the law provides several means to challenge the validity of patents, such as a trial for patent invalidation, an invalidity defence in an infringement litigation and an offer of information. The Patent Act 2014 amendment introduced a new option: the post-grant opposition system.

Trade mark registrations used to be granted based on a request by the applicant to obtain protection for certain products or services that were initially classified according to a national classification. Eventually Mexico adhered to the Nice Agreement whereby the international classification system was adopted.

On December 10 2014, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), in cooperation with the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP), posted a notice on its website asking for comments on the proposed Rules and Regulations on Intellectual Property Rights Application and Registration Protecting the Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices of the Indigenous Cultural Communities, the objective of which is to prevent the misappropriation of the traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples and encourage tradition-based creations and innovations. The salient points of the proposed rules are:

Singapore and China strengthened IP cooperation with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on October 27 2014 between the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) to jointly develop the Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City.

A decision by the Swiss Federal Patent Court has held that a request for a preliminary injunction against a device for producing milk foam was not delayed, despite the fact that the plaintiff knew, for a length of time that normally would forfeit the right to an injunction, about the infringing machines of the defendant since the European patent of the plaintiff was under opposition.

Criticisms from Chinese regulators directed at Alibaba may be part of a larger move to regulate e-commerce

The CJEU gave 14 trade mark judgments last year, with cases including the Apple Store, the Tripp-Trapp chair and Golden Balls. Alice Stagg identifies some trends from the decisions

The possibility for judges to separate infringement and validity is one of the most controversial aspects of the proposed Unified Patent Court. What are your views?

Many practitioners outside Germany have concerns about bifurcation. Adam Cooke considers how it will work in practice in the UPC