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Speaking in Geneva at the launch of a global survey carried out by Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP), chairmen and CEOs from multinational companies including Nestlé, Vivendi Universal and Sanofi-Aventis warned that counterfeiting and piracy are among the biggest challenges facing business today.

Emma Barraclough, London

James Nurton, London

Emma Barraclough, London

Peter Ollier, Hong Kong

Eklavya Gupte, London

Emma Barraclough, Geneva

Peter Ollier, Hong Kong, and Emma Barraclough, London

In the December/January issue of MIP, it was reported that opposition proceedings had been brought by Mark Richard Jeffery and Guy Anthony (the Opponents), owners of the trade mark Jeffery-West in Class 25 against Nautical Concept Pte Ltd (the Applicant), who applied to register the mark jWEST in Class 25. That article summarized the decision of the Principal Assistant Registrar (Registrar), who found that the application for jWEST was made in bad faith and that jWEST was confusingly similar to Jeffery-West.

Owners of foreign language trade marks need to exercise particular caution when contemplating the expansion of their brands into the United States marketplace. US trade mark law and language issues create certain concerns that specifically relate to the availability of a foreign language mark in the US.