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It is not common that the IP story unravelsin sequels; however sometimes it has to happen. The December 2013/January 2014 issue of Managing IP carried an article which paid tribute to Gagarin's daughter who protected her right to the name of her father. The judgment of the IP Court obliged the Patent Office to cancel the controversial mark. The Patent Office and the applicant (Gagarin entertainment centre) appealed the judgment of the IP court.

Read reports and see photos from this year's US Patent Forum in Washington DC, thanks to Twitter and Storify

The IP Code of the Philippines defines a mark as "any visible sign capable of distinguishing the goods or services of an enterprise". This definition is broad enough to include any indication that can be seen, including a facade of a building. The IP Code provides an enumeration of marks are not registrable making the criteria of distinctiveness as the main standard for registrability.

Search warrants used to raid the home of Kim Dotcom were valid despite their deficiencies, the New Zealand Court of Appeal has held.

In a previous briefing, we reported a case where a Dutch interlocutory judge qualified the trade mark Popstars as a well-known unregistered trade mark in the sense of Article 6bis of the Paris Convention.

Border measures are always a key tool in the fight against counterfeiting and piracy and a critical element of a successful IP enforcement system. In the scope of the continuous efforts to create competent border enforcement measures and to provide effective protection, the Customs in Algeria, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia and UAE (three emirates out of seven: Dubai, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah) have established a trade mark recordation system for registered marks. Recordal is also expected to be introduced in Qatar and in an additional UAE emirate (Abu Dhabi). This system will undoubtedly help Customs officials target, intercept and confiscate shipments of infringing goods.

The computing industry in Mexico has increased substantially in the past 10 years. There is a great number of developments in areas such as hardware, software, video games, computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer-aided engineering (CAE) and computer-aided surgery (CAS).

Japanese practice, under which late pharmacological test results are rarely accepted, has been criticised by foreign pharmaceutical companies for being in discord with western practice and making it difficult to pursue a global IP strategy. Recently, the IP High Court warned against too strict examination by the JPO and rendered a judgment that should promote international harmonisation.

Indonesia's Minister for Justice and Human Rights Amir Syamsudin met with Daian Ciolos, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, in Brussels on February 7 to plan a geographical indication treaty between the Indonesian government and the European Union. This treaty is expected to benefit both parties.

Many may recollect that the division bench of the Delhi High Court had ruled in 2012 that the Trade Marks Act, 1999 creates a rule of international exhaustion. While the question is still pending before the Supreme Court in Samsung v Kapil Wadhwa, Philip Morris has been able to succeed in obtaining a final decree against parallel imports before the Delhi High Court.