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On July 22 2016 the much-anticipated report on the business models behind online infringements of IP rights was published by the EUIPO.

Enablement was considered in Mexico in the amendments to the Mexican patent law on October 1 1994 and again on September 20 2010.

In The Netherlands, urgent cases can be dealt with in provisional proceedings. Standard case law dictates that in patent cases, urgency is assumed on the basis of a continuing infringement. Urgency can however be lost under special circumstances. In recent case law, such special circumstances have included the lapsing of a significant amount of time between sending a warning letter and serving the writ for a provisional injunction.

Usually people are concerned with what they have inside their head rather than outside. We are used to the knowledge that inventions push forward technology and open new ways to human progress. Sometimes it happens otherwise.

The Spanish Patent and Trade Mark Office (SPTO) and the Spanish Association for the Defence of Trade marks (ANDEMA) in collaboration with the Leading Brands of Spain Forum (FMRE) and the Chamber of Commerce of Spain have analysed the impact of industrial property rights in our exports, with regard to the internationalisation of companies, the Spanish economy and employment.

On June 27 2016, the Court of Appeals (CA) denied Nestlé's petition to prevent the registration of San Miguel Corporation's trade mark application for San Mig Coffee Mild Sugar Free Label Design filed with the Intellectual Property Office (IPOPHL) on June 7 2005.

The final rule changes to Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings will likely help to reduce the rate of institution of trials, especially allowing patent owners to include relevant testimonial evidence in preliminary responses. There was one surprise, however, with the USPTO dropping a proposed pilot programme

John Kirkland and Ha Kung Wong of Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto discuss how the telematics patent landscape is (or should be) changing

IP consultancy Aistemos is conducting a survey on how IP strategy is considered at Board level

Brazil has a greater population, and a larger economy, than the rest of South America put together. Andrew Bellingall of Daniel Advogados explains the particular challenges of trade mark searching in the country