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When Venus Fashions and Grapholite Moses Printers launched their Hebrew language magazine Belle in Israel, Elle, the international women's magazine sued for an injunction. Both magazines focus on women's fashion, beauty, health and entertainment.

The Patent Amendment Act 2005 brought about a significant inclusion to the then existent prosecution scheme by introducing the scheme of post-grant opposition. The legislation provides that a post-grant opposition as under Section 25(2) of the Patents Act 1970 may be filed within one year of the grant of the patent on the same grounds governing pre-grant oppositions as prescribed under Section 25(1). However, one of the vital differences between the two provisions rests in the locus standi of the person moving to oppose the grant of a patent: a pre-grant opposition being allowable from "any person", while only any "person interested" being entitled to file post-grant opposition.

The French Federation of Perfumery Industries started opposition proceedings against a Greek trade mark application for perfumery goods in international class 3 containing the applicant's first name along with the term "de Paris" on the basis that said sign is deceptive as to the origin of goods concerned. The applicant contested the opposition on the grounds that the term "de Paris" indicates her connection with Paris, France, not the origin of the goods covered by the Greek trade mark application at issue.

On April 21 2010, the Supreme People's Court issued the Opinion on Several Issues Regarding Administrative Adjudication of Trade Mark Grant and Confirmation. The Opinion is based on the experience of the court in administrative actions brought against the TRAB in trade mark application, opposition or invalidation cases.

As reported in Managing IP, the EPO Enlarged Board has rejected the president's software patent referral in opinion G 3/08 of May 12 2010, because the case law recited in the referral is not diverging. In order to arrive at this conclusion, the Enlarged Board provides a comprehensive analysis of EPO case law in relation to the questions raised in the referral.

You've just discovered the joys of roller derby. So, what are the chances of registering a track name such as Cindy Lop-Her? Not so good if the examiner considers that such matter may falsely suggest a connection with any living individual.

Where an inventor wishes to file as many patent applications as different countries in which he tries to protect an invention, the inventor has to deal with a complex filing process involving diverse problems and difficulties.

More than 8,000 trade mark professionals from 130 countries attended the INTA Annual Meeting in Boston in May, which was co-chaired by Laura Covington of Yahoo! and Larry Jones of Alston & Bird. Keynote speaker Peter Guber, chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, drew on his film production career to tell attendees how to develop their brand story, while INTA President Heather Steinmeyer used her speech to remind IP counsel of the perils, as well as the opportunities, of connecting with consumers through social media and mobile communications.

WIPO wants to revitalise the PCT system. James Pooley, deputy director-general for patents at the IP organisation, outlines progress so far and explains how the improvements should benefit users

Amended Rule 36 EPC on divisional applications has led to confusion. Ard Ellens of Nederlandsch Octrooibureau in the Netherlands provides a guide to the options available