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  • Following the dispute between the Belgian company Engels and the Korean car manufacturer Daewoo for the exclusive right to use a logo composed of the letters DE, light was shed by the Benelux Court of Justice on the question of whether the owner of a lapsed trade mark can preclude a third party from using a confusing sign by invoking provisions on unfair competition (Daewoo Electronics Europe v D Engels).
  • Everybody who has ever been to Austria for skiing is likely to have come across the famous mixed drink Flügerl. A Flügerl is a shot-like drink consisting of a Red Bull and red or white vodka, and is very commonly offered at après-ski huts in Austrian ski resorts. The trade mark Flügerl has been registered for non-alcoholic drinks (class 32) as well as for alcoholic drinks (class 33).
  • Since the recent implementation of new software, the Trade Marks Registry in Uganda has insisted that specifications of goods and services be worded exactly in accordance with the class headings as set out in the 9th edition of the International (Nice) Classification. As a result, acceptance notices have been issued requiring that specifications that deviate from the wording used in the Nice Classification be changed - before the application can proceed to advertisement.
  • USPTO director David Kappos gave prizes to retired commissioner for trademarks Lynne Beresford and former chief IP counsel of 3M Gary Griswold at Managing IP’s North America awards ceremony in Washington DC last night
  • The IP survey consists of rankings of the leading firms practising intellectual property in each country, presented in tiers. The total number of firms listed in each jurisdiction varies according to the size of the market. The survey is not an exhaustive list of every firm in each jurisdiction; even firms listed in the lower tiers have been recommended by a number of practitioners and deserve congratulations on their inclusion.
  • Three UK patents for electronic programme guides (EPGs) owned by Gemstar are to be revoked, after the Court of Appeal upheld a lower ruling today.
  • A monthly column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam – who received the world’s first recorded patent in 1449 diary@managingip.com
  • The Court of Justice of the EU has limited the ability of geographical indications to block the registration of trade marks, in the latest ruling concerning the Bud mark
  • Publishers can survive and even profit from piracy, argues Peter Ollier, as long as they learn the mistakes from the movie and music industries, and focus on innovation