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Business relationships, contract management and political connections are all good ways to protect your IP in China, argue Brendan Murphy, Andy Sun, Philip Warden, Ana Damonte and Raj Davé

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In the second part of its annual survey of IP firms, Managing IP lists the leading firms for trade mark prosecution and contentious work. The rankings are the result of five months’ work by researchers based in London, Hong Kong and New York

A study has shown the extent to which approaches to lookalike goods – or parasitic copying – vary around Europe. Sahira Khwaja explains the results and provides advice for brand owners

Following the Nokia and Philips judgments last year, and recent suggested amendments to the Customs Regulation, Managing IP asks whether EU law should be amended to give Customs greater powers to seize IP-infringing goods. Two lawyers give two different views

In Taiwan, an invention for an article or device may be protected by either an invention patent or a utility model patent. The term of an invention patent is 20 years, but substantive examination may take one-and-a-half to three years. Although the term of a utility model patent is 10 years, since substantive examination is not conducted, a utility model patent generally may be obtained within four to six months of filing. Therefore, some applicants employ the strategy of filing invention and utility model patent applications for the same invention on the same day.

One method typically employed by brand owners to develop brand awareness is the consistent use of a particular colour for its products or packaging. The goal is for consumers to see a product or packaging in that colour and immediately make the connection with a particular source. The use of the colour on a product or its packaging can, in turn, come to signify a specific brand.

In a case involving a number of parties with conflicting claims to the designation Go Fast, and a rather complex factual background (too long to be summarised here), the Swiss Federal Supreme Court clarified the preconditions for claims to assignment of infringing designation rights, as an alternative to cancellation claims.

An applicant filed a trade mark application for a combined designation consisting of a stylised snowflake and stylised word part, Hispania.