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Recommendations on improving the EPO, the AIPLA president on two landmark biotech cases; a novel way to settle disputes; 3D printing latest and answers to yesterday’s questions feature in today’s IP news roundup

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A judgment from the General Court of the EU yesterday said that the owners of Formula 1 could not prevent another company from using the term F1 in a trade mark, because it is descriptive

Korea’s legal market is opening up to US firms, with eight so far planning to practise there. How will IP work be affected?

Argentina TRADE MARK PROSECUTION Tier 1 G Breuer Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal Tier 2 Hausheer Belgrano & Fernandez Noetinger & Armando Obligado & Cía Richelet & Richelet Tier 3 Bruchou, Fernandez Madero & Lombardi De Las Carreras & Chaloupka Ferrer Reyes, Tellechea & Bouche Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen & Martínez de Hoz Sena & Berton Moreno Tier 4 Baker & McKenzie Barbat Clarke, Modet & Co Moeller & Co Palacio & Asociados

US government officials believe they have "worked very hard to shut down rogue websites" a year after they introduced an initiative to clamp down on IP theft. This was the message from Erik R Barnett, assistant deputy director at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), ahead of last month's anniversary of the Operation in Our Sites programme. The operation, which targets internet counterfeiting and piracy, was initiated on June 30 2010 by the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) – the arm of ICE that deals with IP theft.

Free access: The nominations for Managing IP’s North America Awards 2012 have been announced

Yoghurt manufacturer Chobani will ask the UK Supreme Court to review this week’s Court of Appeal decision that it cannot call its product Greek yoghurt

British judges are known for their measured language. When a judgment includes a word written in all capitals, it could signal annoyance. When that word is also printed in bold type, it suggests something closer to frustration

The comment period for the latest draft of Icann's draft Applicant Guidebook for new generic top-level domains ended in May, one month after the draft was released. The 58 organisations to have sent in comments included INTA, MARQUES, WIPO, News Corporation, IBM, Time Warner and Microsoft.