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In 2001 Australia introduced its innovation patent. The intention was to allow for the rapid simple grant of a patent application for a shorter term than a standard patent. The innovation patent now appears to be about to wreak havoc with litigants.

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Eileen McDermott, New York

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Eileen McDermott, New York

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When entering into a trade mark licence agreement, there are certain representations that both the party in the position of licensor and the party in the position of licensee would be prudent to request from their prospective business partner. A representation is an incidental or collateral statement of fact on the faith of which a contract is entered into and, depending upon the language of the particular agreement, could be relied upon by the party to whom the representation is made in the event of a dispute regarding the licence agreement.

Trade mark rights are based on the principle that parties must obtain a valid registration to ensure that said rights will be immediately in force once the registration is granted.

This summer the Italian government devised an extraordinary plan to relaunch the Made in Italy slogan with particular regard to the protection of IP rights. The intervention of the government aims to discourage the widespread phenomenon of infringement and counterfeiting that is damaging the Italian economy and the famous creativity of Italian manufacturers.

The ICANN Board adopted at its June 26 meeting policy recommendations on the introduction of new gTLDs. A final version of the implementation plan must be approved by the ICANN Board before the new process is launched. It is projected that the final version will be published in early 2009.