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  • African countries have a good framework of laws and regional initiatives to protect IP rights but capacity building is the key to making them more effective, says Wayne Meiring of Spoor & Fisher Jersey
  • Developing IP is essential for companies that want to add value to commodity products. David Haigh, CEO of Brand Finance, explains how some of Africa's biggest brands are leading the way
  • The susceptibility to invalidation of a US trade mark registration based on a claim that the underlying filings contain false statements is, once again, a timely topic. Specifically, in view of the controversy regarding the standard to establish fraud, US courts have re-evaluated what constitutes fraud in the procurement or maintenance of a trade mark registration.
  • Industrial designs are effective tools for protecting and enforcing rights arising from visual creations in Turkey. But this fact has generally been overlooked, particularly by foreign right owners interested in the Turkish market.
  • In 1967 Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" was released and stormed the charts. Thirty-eight years, over 6 million sales, 770 cover versions and many mobile phone ringtones later, Matthew Fisher, the band's organist, filed a claim for a share in the musical copyright of the song.
  • Patent infringement litigation routinely involves engaging technical or scientific experts. They may be asked to opine on interpretation of patent claims – often case determinative; patent invalidity; and of course, infringement and the appropriate measure of damages, if any.
  • When creating trade marks, pharmaceutical companies often choose words that are similar to the generic names of the International Nonproprietary Name (INN) system administered by the World Health Organization (WHO). These marks frequently incorporate the first or last syllables of the relevant INN. The chart below provides samples of trademarks registered in Class 5 for pharmaceutical products that are similar to an INN.
  • Claiming joint-inventor status after a patent has been granted in Taiwan does not necessarily give the claimant the right to the patent.
  • Last March Korea's National Assembly Committee on Culture, Sports, Tourism, Broadcasting & Communications passed a bill to amend the country's copyright laws to include a so called "three strikes" law to ban illegal uploading of copyright works of others. Despite a great deal of anxiety by many over the passage of the bill, especially from the online community, the revised copyright law came into effect on July 23 this year.
  • In the recent High Court decision of MediaCorp News Pte Ltd (MediaCorp) v Astro All Asia Networks PLC (Astro), the court dismissed MediaCorp's appeal against Astro's use and registration of its logo trade mark in opposition proceedings. The bone of contention in this case was essentially a red "triangular" or "A" device in both parties' marks.