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Becton Dickinson has prevailed against Therasense under the heightened inequitable conduct standard – defying the notion that the doctrine had been rendered obsolete by the Federal Circuit

The Public Patent Foundation has filed a notice of appeal in the Federal Circuit in a false marking case regarding Tylenol products

IP owners are mistaken if they imagine yesterday’s decision by MEPs not to refer questions about ACTA to the EU’s top court reflected a softening in their position

The emergence of a new celebrity in the public spotlight seems to always be greeted with a great rush by entrepreneurial-minded people to try and capitalise on the newfound fame. Such attempts have historically included trade mark filings made by parties with no connection to the celebrity, for marks consisting of their name or of slogans associated with the celebrity.

Despite guidelines from the Thai courts on determining the identicalness and confusing similarity between trade marks seeking registration and prior marks, one statutory provision remains unclear. The Thai Trademarks Act's prohibition of marks identical or confusingly similar to well-known marks, Section 8, read with Section 8 (10) provides that:

After three readings by the Legislative Yuan, the new Amendment to Taiwan's Trademark Law was passed on May 31 2011, and is expected to take effect beginning June 2012. While the Amendment makes a number of modifications to the Law, the key changes are highlighted below.

A feature of the Singapore patent system which makes it very cost-effective is that a Singapore patent may be obtained based on the search and examination results of a foreign corresponding patent application. Accordingly, it is possible to avoid the costs of a local Singaporean search or local Singaporean search and examination.

Perhaps it is a hangover of years past, but many people still think that a product in a foreign package looks more attractive and is of a better quality than that contained in a domestic one. This is why some applicants file for trade marks in Latin characters. The Russian Patent Office frowns at such attempts, justly believing that consumers will be confused by the Latin registrations and think that the good has been manufactured outside Russia.

The Trademarks Contestations Committee of the Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (SOIT) has rejected the challenge filed by the applicant for the national trade mark Bourbon Cocktails & Coffee in class 43, "services for providing food and drink", maintaining the decision of the oppositions division and rejecting the registration, based on the initial opposition filed by Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (Discus), a non-profit organisation from the United States that represents the interests of producers and traders of spirit drinks, including Bourbon whiskey.

On February 23 the Foundation for National Scientific Computing (FCCN), the body responsible for the management, registration and maintenance of .pt domains, announced the liberalisation of .pt domain names from May 1 2012.