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Brand owners will be able to protect use of their marks in the .xxx domain this September using an innovative blocking process that will be included as part of the sunrise period.

Professor Hargreaves makes several useful suggestions on reforming copyright law in his review, released today

The review of UK IP laws by Professor Ian Hargreaves makes several useful recommendations on updating copyright rules, but its one big idea seems not to consider overlap with existing proposals

Financial institutions Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo are not going to register gTLDs and insurance companies WellPoint and AllState are sceptical

Fashion designs are not easy to protect in the US. Trademark, trade dress, design patent and copyright law are all useful, but each has its disadvantages. This was the message to hundreds of people that attended yesterday’s industry breakout session on the fashion industry.

Judging by the enthusiastic note-taking of attendees at Monday’s Effective Oral Presentation session, we all need advice on public speaking.

Though Budweiser was the official beer company sponsor of the 2010 World Cup, it was rival Bavaria that got all the attention.

Attendees yesterday indicated via red and green paddles whether or not they thought various hypotheticals posed a conflict for outside counsel, during an interactive session titled Ethics: Conflict Issues in Trademark Selection, Clearance and Prosecution. Audience members voted on whether they thought James Cady of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman should bow out of representing one of the fictional companies seeking his help to register the same or similar marks. The hypothetical involved Veni Vidi Vision, which sought to register the mark SHAZOOM in the U.S., and BSquared, which owned the mark SHAZOOM in the U.S.

While many concerns remain about the proposed launch of unlimited new gTLDs, it is not too early for brand owners to think about what their strategy should be.

Education is essential to winning the long term battle against fakes, said speakers at a session yesterday. “We have to teach consumers about the social harms associated with counterfeiting networks,” said Ed Kelly, of LaRiviere Grubman & Payne.