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  • According to the Mexican Law of Industrial Property (LPI), to renew a trade mark registration it is absolutely necessary that the mark has been used in Mexico within the last three consecutive years prior to petitioning for renewal. Nevertheless, sometimes it is not possible to fulfil this requirement, and in consequence, we have to inquire about the possibilities to obtain a renewal without use of the corresponding trade mark.
  • As the doctrine of equivalents comes under increased scrutiny, the three major patent markets are notable for their similarities more than their differences. Hugh Dunlop examines how jurisprudence in the US, Japan and Europe has matured, and discusses the options for harmonization
  • ? Malaysia: Shopping mall owners have lobbied the government to give them more time to eliminate the sale of pirated goods from their premises. The commerce ministry had given the owners of 12 shopping malls until February 1 to ensure that no fake products were being sold in the malls.
  • The UK government has been urged to review the TRIPs agreement to alleviate the burden of implementation on developing countries.
  • Manchester United Football Club has an estimated 53 million fans throughout the world. Try getting all of them through the turnstiles. Instead, the club is using other ways of reaching them. Merchandising, as Tom Howgate, the club's head of licensing, tells Ralph Cunningham, is one way of doing it
  • EU member states have established their own country code domain name assignment rules using divergent criteria. Carles Prat and Laura Poncela examine them against EC internal market principles
  • In recent years, many websites providing goods and services have appeared as a consequence of the development of the internet as a business environment. Consumers all over the world can find a very large range of goods and services easily and quickly. Under these circumstances it was obvious that domain names became a very important element in order to draw the consumer's attention.
  • In the past two years, a significant number of shadow companies have been incorporated in Hong Kong, adopting famous marks as part of their company names without the authorization of the rightful proprietor. These companies share the following features:
  • There is no specific provision in French Law allowing the performance of clinical trials, in particular bio-equivalence trials, before the expiry of the patent on the product. Are these acts of infringement? The case law has recently evolved.
  • Membership of the EU and EPO will transform patent practice in the countries of central Europe, as James Nurton discovers. But attorneys are looking forward to the challenge