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The Supreme Patent and Trade Mark Senate (OPM), the highest administrative court in Austria for cancellation proceedings, handed down its long-awaited decision on the question of genuine use of the trade mark Dozer. This was registered for a long list of goods and services in the field of gastronomy in classes 29, 30, 32, 33 and 42. According to the usable proofs, the trade mark owner conducts a mobile snack stand where he sells Käse–Dozer (cheese dozer), that is cheese–filled rolls, Bull Dozer (a special type of sausage) and Black Dozer (a mixture of cold punch and Coca-Cola). The snack stand does not issue bills but merely displays a price list.

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

Yahoo!'s yodel has become the first sound mark to be granted by India's trade mark registry, in a breakthrough for Asia

Simon Reeves, director of trade marks at AstraZeneca, has just taken over as ECTA president. He talks about pharmaceuticals, outsourcing and OHIM fee proposals

Managing IP asked correspondents in six jurisdictions that either have, or are considering introducing, pre- or post-grant opposition to address the key questions for patent owners

The US Senate last month approved legislation intended to improve enforcement of IP rights in the US

China's National People's Congress has published the latest draft of amendments to its patent law. Managing IP provides a guide to what may change

The European Patent Office has talked about raising the bar, and its allowance rate has fallen in recent years. Hugh Dunlop asks: what’s really going on at the Office?

Pharmaceutical companies are adopting new IP strategies to stay competitive. Rakesh Mishra and GVS Sesha Kumar review some of the most successful examples

If you know that a product can be protected by both trade mark rights and copyright, you must consider gaining both protections, says Magdaly Sánchez Aranguren and Maria Milagros Nebreda of Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque