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Canon explains why it has become the first large business brand to announce its intention to apply for a gTLD

A US district court has invalidated seven patents on human genes, in part based on the Federal Circuit's ruling in In re Bilski

The 18th annual Fordham IP Conference took place on April 8 and 9 at Fordham University School of Law in New York and featured speakers including US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel, WIPO deputy director-general for patents, James Pooley, US Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters, Jamie Love of Knowledge Ecology and USPTO director David Kappos. Managing IP’s James Nurton moderated a session on developments in EU trade mark and design law.

Emma Barraclough, London

A meeting of the world’s five biggest patent offices in China last month saw little progress on work sharing. Peter Ollier outlines the barriers to greater cooperation and explains why the issue is so important to IP owners

USPTO Commissioner for Trademarks Lynne Beresford spoke with Eileen McDermott about the Office’s plans for improvement

PH Kurian, the controller general of patents, designs and trade marks in India, tells Peter Ollier about the challenges that India’s trade mark office faces

The Taiwan Trade Mark Act stipulates that any mark identical with or similar to a mark registered or filed earlier by another shall be unregistrable. In assessing whether a junior mark is similar to a senior mark, the two marks are generally viewed in their entireties. However, in a recent opposition case, questions have arisen as to whether a junior mark incorporating several discrete components respectively similar to a series of senior marks will be deemed a similar mark and whether the form under which a senior mark is used in commerce will be considered in the assessment of likelihood of confusion.

Trade mark offices are the gatekeepers between IP owners and a successful trade mark application. But which are doing the best job? John Olsen and Nicholas Bolter present the findings of a survey

In the Singapore patent system, there are a number of search and examination options available to proceed to grant. One option is to request examination based on a search report of a corresponding application. Alternatively, applicants may rely on the final results of a search and examination as to substance of a corresponding application. The concept of a corresponding application is therefore important in pursuing these search and examination options.