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Interview: James Nurton meets Chief Judge Lu Guoqiang of the Shanghai Intermediate People’s Court

The revamped trade mark law in Hong Kong promises a smoother opposition system that is more efficient and offers better protection, explain Ella Cheong and Chloe Lee

Ned Israelsen and Christopher Sweeney of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear argue that, when it comes to big pharma's research and development pipeline, the low-hanging fruit has been picked and it's time to tend the orchard

Patent applicants who want to pay for searches for prior art, novelty, invalidity, infringement and freedom to operate will no longer be able to hire the services of European Patent Office officials from the beginning of September.

When business strategy leads a foreign trade mark owner to contemplate expansion of its brand into the United States, the determination as to whether to move forward often depends on an assessment of the risks posed by similar third party marks already in use in the United States. When analyzing the potential impediments presented by third party marks, the foreign trade mark owner (with the advice of US trade mark counsel) would be prudent to consider not only exact trade marks and confusingly similar marks for the identical goods or services but also third party marks which cover arguably related goods and services.

In a criminal action for infringement or unfair competition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) conducts a preliminary investigation. If it is convinced that probable cause exists, it files a complaint (called the Information) before the proper regional trial court (RTC). In case the DOJ moves to withdraw the information, should the RTC grant this as a matter of course? And if the DOJ decides to file the same Information again, will this constitute double jeopardy? These are the main issues tackled in the case of Summerville General Merchandising & Co Inc vs Hon Antonio Eugenio Jr et al GR 163741, decided by the Supreme Court on August 7 2007.

Panellists in a web seminar organized by Managing IP and VeriSign discussed the latest online challenges to brands - and how to fight them

Under the Singapore Patents Act, a divisional application must be filed before grant conditions are met for the parent application. In any event, the divisional application must be filed before the parent application has been refused, withdrawn or treated as having been abandoned.

Sending a warning notice to an infringer's business partners could constitute unfair competition. Hiroko Yamamoto of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto explains how this situation can be avoided

In a first leading decision, the Austrian Supreme Court has clarified several issues relating to keyword advertising. The decision is about the trade mark and trade name Wein & Co. (Wine & Co), a famous chain of wine stores and wine bars in Austria. A competitor bought 815 keywords with Google, including Wein & Co. The complaint was against the purchaser not Google.