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OHIM has updated its practice on trade mark class headings after a ruling from the Court of Justice of the EU in the IP Translator case.

The USPTO has announced it will open three new satellite offices in addition to Detroit – Dallas, Texas; San Jose, California; and Denver, Colorado. The announcement came just over one week before the USPTO's first satellite patent office opened in Detroit, Michigan. USPTO commissioner for patents Peggy Focarino said that the size and focus of each new office will differ according to region. In Detroit, the plan is to hire 125 examiners in groups of 25 each, beginning July 16. The 11 administrative law judges (ALJs) that have been hired so far for Detroit will begin even sooner. The number of examiners and ALJs in Denver, San Jose and Dallas will vary, said Focarino. Examiners in Detroit will all focus on mechanical patents for now, while the Texas office may stick to energy-related industries and California to information technology. The USPTO will send site survey teams to all three locations to determine the order in which the new offices will open. The America Invents Act mandated that the agency open at least three new offices by 2014.

Peter Leung and Emma Barraclough, Beijing

Customers of software resellers such as UsedSoft who buy an updated user licence may download the software from the copyright owner's website, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled last month.

As the 1,930 applications for new gTLDs were revealed last month, it quickly became apparent that there had been a lot of applications for similar domains, with .app for example having 13 and .home 11. Off-stage at the Icann meeting in Prague, therefore, the applicants were discussing arrangements for who would own which.

A landmark agreement between EU countries will split the proposed unitary patent court. But, as Emma Barraclough explains, one more hurdle suddenly has to be cleared for the system to go ahead

Kao Corporation’s fight over the Biore mark is a textbook example of the challenges brand owners face in Indonesia, lawyers say

A seven-year lawsuit was thrown out on Monday when a US judge dismissed Novell’s antitrust suit against Microsoft for $1.3 billion

The Court of Justice of the EU will rule in a dispute between Neurim Pharmaceuticals and the UK Intellectual Property Office on Thursday, clarifying whether pharmaceutical companies can obtain supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) for second medical use patents. Here’s the background to the case

Athletic clothing brand Under Armour has been accused of trade mark bullying after suing a start-up beverage company for allegedly infringing on its IP rights