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In the last of five copyright cases heard this week by the Supreme Court of Canada, justices weighed arguments as to whether broadcasters and cinema owners must pay a separate tariff for the performance of soundtracks

Red Bull found itself under siege online yesterday, after a minor trade mark dispute found its way on to the web. The episode provides important lessons for brand owners

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has announced that a two-year pilot patent prosecution highway (PPH) programme between Singapore and China is targeted to start on September 1 2013. IPOS are therefore taking further steps to increase collaborations with other patent offices to reduce duplication of work and speed up the patent application process.

Our recent salary survey painted a pretty rosy picture of the US IP market. But there is one issue that should be of serious concern to businesses, patent lawyers and the government

AIPPI Congress delegates have agreed three draft resolutions, with a fourth due be to be debated this morning. All will be voted on at the General Assembly taking place today

US coffee shop chain Starbucks and the Ethiopian government have called an end to their public relations war

Trade marks reproducing familar words are popular among people, even more so if they allude to sexuality. Any moves around such marks provoke interest: what will come next? The Chamber of Patent Disputes of the Russian PTO recently busied itself with Kamasutra.

In order to bring the relevant stipulations in the Patent Act into agreement with the Acts Regulating Approval of Pharmaceuticals and Pesticide Products in a clearer manner, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office has published a new guide for applicants filing patent term extensions in accordance with Article 52 of the current Patent Law. This article stipulates that where the practice of an invention patent relating to pharmaceutical or pesticide composition or its manufacturing method is subject to regulatory approval pursuant to other laws and where it takes more than two years after the publication of the patent application to acquire such approval, the patent owner may apply for an extension of the patent term for a period of two to five years within three months from the date of issuance of the first certificate of regulatory approval.

FIFA has secured its first ruling against ambush marketers, earning a court judgment against Pretoria's Eastwoods Tavern. The popular sports bar is located close to the Loftus stadium, one of the venues that will host games during next year's Soccer World Cup tournament.

A&O Shearman was one of two firms that saw several IP partners depart in the first six months of 2024, but it is still early days