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The Supreme Court in its decision of June 1 2011 in the case of Fredco Manufacturing Corp v Harvard University denied the petition of Fredco and declared the mark Harvard well-known internationally and in the Philippines.

The Norwegian Marketing Control Act offers additional protection to an IP owner, based on the legal ground that a trade mark or product imitation may constitute an infringement of commercial rights. The protection is offered even when no IP rights are registered in Norway.

In New Zealand, one of our largest breweries, DB Breweries Limited, owns the trade mark for Radler for beer.

It is established practice in the Netherlands that the extent of damage that occurs as a consequence of a tort need not be proven to the hilt. It is sufficient to show convincingly that damage might have occurred. It is then up to a court to judge the extent of damage. For this, the court may determine the difference between the actual situation (the consequence of the tort) and a hypothetical situation occurring when the tort had not taken place. The court is not bound to the normal rules for providing facts and evidence.

Amendments to the Federal Contentious Administrative Proceedings Law (FCAPL) come in force on August 8 2011, establishing (i) the "via sumaria", a fast-track venue for administrative appeals and (ii) the beginning of operations for the online prosecution system.

The internet is fast becoming a powerful marketing tool and likewise a knowledge commodity. Companies, especially multinationals, tend to market themselves by using the internet. To be more visible, companies formulate their web addresses with their trade name. IP protection in this sense is accorded by domain name registration, for the registration of an exclusive web address.

On July 8 2011, the decree on the oppositions to Italian trade marks and international trade marks designating Italy was finally published in the Italian Official Gazette. So it will at last be possible to file an administrative trade mark opposition.

Hatikvah, literally The Hope, is the Israeli National Anthem. It relates to the 2000-year-old hope of the Jews to be a free, sovereign nation in Israel.

Indonesian Law 14 /2001, Article 23 paragraph (1), states that: "If an Application is filed by a person other than the Inventor, the application must be furnished with a statement with adequate supporting evidence that he is entitled to the said invention".

The Indian Patents Act, 1970 only prescribes civil remedies against acts of infringement. However, in a recent incident, criminal action has been initiated against a textile company for the alleged infringement of two highly controversial patents dealing with laser marking technology.