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The truth about trade marks

In a unique survey, MIP set out to discover what brand owners really think about key issues such as which countries offer the best and worst protection, how to enforce rights and what qualities to look for in outside counsel. The results are revealed in a special series of reports. By James Nurton, Sam Mamudi and Emma Barraclough

Managing IP Correspondent, April 30 2004

Survey: Europe: Cracks show in trade mark traditions

Following last year's Baby-Dry decision, trade mark attorneys in Europe have been exploring how to protect novel marks. The new Community Design gives them another tool. Ingrid Hering reports

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2002

Emerging markets: Asia-Pacific: Laws change as deadline looms

The approach of 2005 and TRIPs Agreement conformity has proved to be a great motivator in Asian jurisdictions. A flood of new patent legislation has entered the statute books. Some countries already comply with the agreement. Others have a bit more work to do, reports Ralph Cunningham

Managing IP Correspondent, February 01 2002

Emerging markets: Asia-Pacific: Laws change as deadline looms

The approach of 2005 and TRIPs Agreement conformity has proved to be a great motivator in Asian jurisdictions. A flood of new patent legislation has entered the statute books. Some countries already comply with the agreement. Others have a bit more work to do, reports Ralph Cunningham

Managing IP Correspondent, February 01 2002

China clarifies well-known criteria

Results of appeals in domain name disputes should give trade mark owners a lot of hope. China’s judges are now prepared to declare what is well-known and what is not, explains Jin Ling

Managing IP Correspondent, March 31 2002

Lessons in litigation - from Lego bricks to LEDs

Ralph Cunningham, Ingrid Hering and Sam Mamudi examine some of the more interesting and important IP cases from around the globe in the past 12 months

Managing IP Correspondent, June 30 2003

Authorities tighten anti-counterfeiting rules

New policy documents attempt to clear up uncertainties about the crime of counterfeiting in China. It should be useful for IP owners, but Tony Tang says elements of the criminal prosecution rules need further clarification

Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2001

Survey: Asia: Making the most of Madrid

The Madrid Protocol is a threat or opportunity depending on where you are standing. Ralph Cunningham reports from Hong Kong about how firms in Asia are dealing with their countries’ membership of the international trade mark agreement

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2001

Asia-Pacific

It is widely believed that change is as good as a rest. Certainly this seems to be the case in the Asia-Pacific, although unfortunately, little has changed and no one has had any rest. The internet dominated the Asian-Pacific scene in last year's survey and its impact is still reverberating through IP practices. If anything it is registering even higher on the Richter scale. Intellectual property lawyers have never been so busy.

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2000

Indonesia’s progress in enforcement

Indonesia has made slow progress in tackling the piracy that has thwarted IP rights owners in the country. Nicholas Redfearn examines the country’s attempts to develop effective protection and reveals how some rights owners are coping with the problems

Managing IP Correspondent, June 30 2001

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