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Patent cases filings were down 40% last month compared with September 2013, according to data released this week by Lex Machina

Under Argentine Law, ownership of a trade mark and the right to the exclusive use thereof are acquired by registration in accordance with Article 4 of Law 22,362 which has adopted the attributive system. Consequently, in principle, if there is no registration of a trade mark, there is no right thereto.

The debate concerning the need to clarify the secrecy legislation surrounding joint research projects has been going on for several years in Sweden without resulting in any legal amendments to safeguard secrecy. However, at the same time as the Seventh EU Research Framework Programme is now in force, the debate has finally reached a definitive solution.

Branded and generic drugs companies could be more willing to compromise on IP rights, following the Pfizer/Ranbaxy settlement over Lipitor

With effect from August 1 2009, Measures for the Management of the Reproduction of Audio-Visual Products were replaced by new measures issued by The General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP). Aimed at strengthening the management and facilitating the healthy development of the reproduction industry in China, the newly enacted Measures For Reproduction Management consist of six chapters and 43 articles focusing on the establishment and management of business entities conducting reproduction activities, management of reproduction equipment and legal liabilities for any unauthorised activities.

Russia's trade mark community has intensified pressure for tougher legislation to crack down on counterfeiting despite several legislative changes in recent months. A new Code of Administrative Offences, which comes into force on July 1, strengthens civil penalties for trade mark infringement, including the unprecedented provision for the seizure of counterfeit goods.

The IP firm faces a group-action claim that it profited from external renewals work without clients’ knowledge

IP owners can use Customs regulations to help curb the trade in fakes. Correspondents from seven key jurisdictions explain how the rules differ from country to country

The Federal Circuit has ruled that the disparagement provision in section 2(a) of the Lanham Act is unconstitutional, and reversed and vacated the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s holding that “The Slants” is an unregistrable mark. The en banc court was split, however, with a total of five opinions submitted

The DOJ’s order on BMI’s consent decree being rejected, the IP cases up for consideration in the new Supreme Court term, Judge Newman’s dissents, GIPC criticism of a United Nations High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines report and Delhi’s High Court saying copyright is “not a divine right” were in the recent intellectual property news