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Kai Yang of Liu, Shen & Associates explains how to deal with the unresolved problem of trade mark rights and trade name rights

Companies often try to use a particular colour or colour combination on their goods or packaging materials to give their products a consistent look and to distinguish their brand from their competitors' product offerings. The use of a certain colour or colour combination can, over time, create an overall distinctive look that is recognizable and identifiable solely with the source of the products, so that a product (or packaging) with a certain colour (or combination of colours) signifies a particular brand in the mind of the consumer.

Jean L Pire and Sandra R Paulsson of Gevers guide you through EU law complexities to strengthen your trade mark on a global market

By virtue of a recent decision in the case No II GSK 305/06, the Supreme Administrative Court rejected an appeal filed by company T and maintained the Polish Patent Office's decision to invalidate the right holder's trade mark.

You file and are granted a US patent. In a subsequent infringement suit, patent validity is challenged based on failure to name the correct inventors.

The most frequently asked questions on trade mark prosecution in the Philippines concern the filing of the declaration of actual use (DAU). Prior to the promulgation of the IP Code on January 1 1998, proof of actual use of the mark in the Philippines was only required after the mark has been registered. However, under the IP Code, the applicant is required to file the DAU within three years from the filing date, and then, within one year from the fifth anniversary of the date of registration of the mark. Below are some of the more common concerns raised by applicants.

On the question how New York City (NYC) acquired the name the Big Apple, there seems to be some uncertainty, but it seems certain that horse racing had something to do with it. There are recorded references to the phrase "bet a big apple" going back to 1847 and it would seem that by the late 1920s, NYC was already referred to as the Big Apple.

The trade in counterfeits is on the increase and therefore causing problems for companies across industries. In order to stop the sale of counterfeits, companies are faced with the challenge of finding the most effective and cost-efficient measures to protect their products.

On April 7 2008 New Zealand and China signed a free trade agreement (the Agreement). The Agreement is said to provide mutually beneficial concessions in the areas of trade of goods, services and investment. New Zealand is the first country to enter into any sort of free trade agreement with China.

3M's Post-it and Scotch marks have become so widely known that they are used by many people to refer to any or all sticky notes and cellophane tape. In order to weed out this misconception, 3M's Malaysian business unit has set out to reclaim the well-known brands to boost their 3M association. The 3M Malaysian business unit and marketing division has launched a creative campaign to initiate awareness and promote its brands among the Malaysian public on the genuine 3M Post-It notes and Scotch tape exclusively to encourage accurate association of the brands among consumers and ultimately dispel the misconception over any other yellow sticky note or sticky tape available in Malaysia.