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  • Recently, a trade mark case became a diplomatic situation between Japan and Taiwan. Crystal J Chen of Tsai Lee & Chen outlines the protective measures suggested by the case
  • On August 29, the Spanish government passed Royal Decree 1431/2008 modifying certain implementing regulations in IP matters. This Royal Decree introduces no amendments on substantive law but clarifies and improves the procedure for the registration and granting of IP rights.
  • Eileen McDermott, Boston
  • Once again, this has been a blockbuster year for IP throughout the Americas and the world. The 2008 edition of the Americas IP Focus offers an overview of some of the hottest IP topics across the US, Latin America and Canada, and highlights the rapidly changing landscape in eight key jurisdictions.
  • Chi-Che Tung and Hsiang Cheng of Formosan Brothers outline issues and developments in the prosecution procedures for invention patents
  • 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.
  • In Canada, a trade mark may be either registered or unregistered. An unregistered trade mark, often referred to as a common law trade mark, is one being used by a party to distinguish its wares and/or services from those of another in a certain geographic area that has not acquired the protection of registration under the Canadian Trade-marks Act.
  • 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.
  • EU member states last month agreed a deal that would cut the cost of Community trade marks by up to 40%