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Michael Lantos, of Danubia Patent & Trademark Attorneys in Budapest, reviews the status of trade mark protection in Hungary and makes some predictions for the future

Two of the paint industry´ s leading manufacturers were recently engaged in a court battle over the use of the phrase "3 in 1". Nippon Paint (Nippon) had alleged that its rival, ICI Paints (ICI), had been passing off products that were confusingly similar to its "Nippon 3 in 1" interior wall paint.

In Euromarket Designs Inc v Peters & anr (unreported: 27/07/2000), the claimant ran the US "Crate & Barrel" stores selling household goods and furniture, and also owned UK and Community-wide trade marks. The first defendant owned a company (the second defendant) which had a shop in Ireland called "Crate & Barrel". The defendants had a website to sell their products and advertised in Homes & Gardens magazine which has a UK and Republic of Ireland based circulation. The claimant sought summary judgment in the UK alleging infringement of its UK trade mark. The defendants intended to sell only to and in the Irish market and therefore argued that it was not using the trade mark "in the course of trade" in the UK.

Authur Fisher, vice president, IP law, Nortel Networks

Time, patience and sympathy ran out for the Ukraine on March 13 when, nine months after the central Asian country committed itself to implementing anti-counterfeiting measures, the US Trade Representative (USTR) designated it a Priority Foreign Country (PFC).

In the light of recent developments in trade dress protection, Erin Falk and Linda McLeod discuss registration and protection under US law

MP3.com receives Universal condemnation

For two decades, Canada has lagged behind its major trading partners in patenting higher life forms. Steve Garland and Kathy Lipic explain how this situation has changed, following a landmark Federal Court decision

Julia Phillpot Anti-piracy manager Microsoft UK

The dispute over parallel imports of cigarettes bearing the trade mark BELMONT (Bigott v Philip Morris) has been developing over several years, under the industrial property laws of the Andean Community.