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More than 2,000 three-dimensional trade marks have been registered since April 1 1997 when the registration of such marks became possible. Among them were Coca-Cola's bottle and Jean Paul Gaultier's perfume bottle. Now the Tokyo District Court has made the first decision on whether a three-dimensional trade mark was infringed.

The Malaysian High Court recently decided in the case of Syarikat Duasama Sdn Bhd v Chevron Malaysia Limited that the concept of landlord liability may not be recognised to confer liability on owners of premises where infringing activities are said to have taken place.

A constitutional action was filed by an innovator pharmaceutical company before a district court against COFEPRIS, contesting the granting of a marketing authorisation for a generic medicine. This action was essentially based on: (1) the lack of opportunity for the title holder to be heard during the prosecution of the marketing authorisation application; (2) the need to have knowledge about the contents of the generic company's application and (3) the unconstitutionality of the Linkage Regulation as it does not allow a patent owner to have knowledge of a potential violation of the patent linkage system in the marketing authorisations of generics.

In a recent decision (first instance patent court, The Hague, March 4 2015: Occlutech Int AB v AGA Medical Corp) the court explained the rules for presenting evidence of public prior use before the Dutch court in nullity arguments.

Forty three tukutuku panels (a distinctive art form of the Māori people of New Zealand), woven by artists from around the country, now hang in the United Nations headquarters in New York.

On February 6 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued Memorandum Circular No 2015-003 reiterating the FDA's disallowance of the phrase "No Approved Therapeutic Claim" in any form of advertisement, promotion, sponsorship activities or materials concerning food/dietary supplements, as embodied in FDA Administrative Order No 2010-008.

Cartier International appealed against the decision of the examiner rejecting protection in Russia for an international trade mark number 1111659 in respect of goods in classes 14 and services in class 35 with convention priority of December 22 2011.

On January 20 2015, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and Cambodia's Ministry of Industry and Handicraft (MIH). Under the terms of the agreement, applicants can soon enjoy ease of application for patents and industrial designs in Cambodia and Singapore by filing in either country.

If a trade mark owner finds out that his mark has been registered as a .tw country code top-level domain (ccTLD) by another party, he may file a complaint with an approved dispute resolution service provider based on Article 5.1 of the Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy promulgated by the Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC).

Vietnam's IP Law is fairly liberal on the rights to register marks. Under the law, any organisation or individual has the right to register marks to be used for goods they produce or services they provide. In practice, except for collective marks or certification marks, which are strictly regulated, anyone (legal entities or individuals) can apply for a trade mark or a service mark for any kind of goods or services, as the trade mark office does not request any documents showing their legal status or intent to use at the time of filing. While this helps to simplify the process for trade mark registration, the ease of filing marks also results in trade mark squatting.