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  • From November 1 2010 it will be possible to register domain names under the sub-domain .co.no in Norway. For the first three months, only registrations by companies with a trade mark registration corresponding to the domain name will be accepted. The registrations are accepted based on a first-to-file principle. After three months anyone may apply for a registration of a domain name under .co.no. Having a place of business in Norway is not necessary.
  • In 2005 the Italian Antitrust Authority investigated a case where a foreign company with an important-sounding name solicited payment of a "fee" for the publication service of IP rights in an "official" register. The Authority judged the initiative as misleading advertising and prohibited further circulation of the respective communication.
  • Patent litigation in Malaysia is rare and not popular amongst Malaysian companies, the more so when the dispute involves both patent and passing-off. The case of SKB Shutters Manufacturing v Seng Kong Shutter Industries and Anor, which was decided by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on October 4 2010, is one such exception.
  • In a decision on August 16 OHIM's Cancellation Division considered the circumstances under which the signing of a licence agreement regarding a CTM may be deemed to be genuine use within the scope of 51(1)(a) CTMR. The facts of the case were as follows.
  • In last month's briefing we argued for greater intimacy between IP and R&D teams. We now propose a few tools to do so, which you may find quite common but it is sometimes worth being reminded of common ideas.
  • The Australian Patent Office has announced a revision of its practice in allowing parties to extend the prosecution time of patent applications by filing a last-minute divisional.
  • Stimulating innovation is key to the patent system. Furthering scientific knowledge is therefore secured in most jurisdictions, though with differing scope.
  • Choosing trade secret protection over other types of IP rights can have its advantages – but only if some crucial steps are taken. Randall E Kahnke and Kerry L Bundy explain
  • Shanghai Shenda Sound Electronics v Jiulide Electronics. Shanghai Higher People’s Court
  • Geetha Kandiah talks through the cases that Malaysia’s specialist IP courts have faced since they were established in 2007. The record, on speed and quality, is good and other countries have taken note