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My company wants to set up a website or blog that allows the public to post their own content. How do I make sure we are not held liable for any IP infringements?

Managing IP celebrated the winners of its 2010 awards at a dinner at the Dorchester, London

Over the last few months, every week the local press has contained several articles on issues relating to consumer protection. Consumer Protection Day in March was an occasion for various events and initiatives to raise the profile of issues affecting consumers and to increase awareness of the rights of consumers – rights which are now enshrined in the Consumer Protection Law of 2008.

With the entry into force of the Law on the Swiss Federal Patent Court (which may be expected to start operating in the first half of 2011) provisions will be introduced in the Swiss Patent Act that allow for a detailed description of patent infringing acts (saisie descriptive) as well as the seizure of goods (saisie réelle). The newly worded Article 77 of the Patent Act deals with this as follows:

In Colgate-Palmolive Company (Colgate) v The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G), P&G challenged Colgate's application to register a two-dimensional device representing a slug of toothpaste comprising green, white and blue strips in a sandwich appearance for the company's dentifrices (which include paste, gel or powder for use in oral hygiene) in class 3. P&G raised three-dimensional mark objections against Colgate's application and also argued:

On May 13 2010, Attorney Ricardo R Blancaflor, newly appointed director general of the Intellectual Property Office (IPPhil), issued Office Order Number 84 entitled Policies and Guidelines on Counterfeit and Pirated Products. This Office Order mandates that all officials and employees of the IPPhil should respect IP rights and that they should not patronise counterfeit and pirated products. It also applies to visitors of the IPPhil, who shall be subject to inspection by the security guards. To implement the Office Order, the security guards at the entrances and exits of the IPPhil building are instructed to do the following:

In 2004, the trade mark opposition procedure was introduced in Benelux. Now, six years and over 470 (appeal) decisions later, it might be useful to consider some dos and don'ts.

As reported in the September 2009 issue, whether Japan should introduce a general concept of fair use was discussed at a sub-committee of the Agency of Cultural Affairs (Bunka-cho). In the autumn of 2009, the sub-committee had to cease official discussions because of a great divergence in opinions and it therefore constituted a working group to continue discussions. In January 2010, the working group submitted a report that recommended introducing the general concept of fair use. As a result, the sub-committee came to a general agreement to restart discussions to introduce the general concept of fair use for limited purposes. Parody use was clearly excluded from the discussion. On May 27 2010, the sub-committee published an interim report that recommended introducing the general concept of fair use. The report suggests the following uses of copyrighted works will be included in the general concept of fair use:

A celebrity sex scandal has raised numerous legal issues for artists in Indonesia. In early June, videos allegedly of a well-known singer and his celebrity girlfriends having sex were leaked on the internet. The media and the public have focused mainly on the moral issues. This also happened several years ago to two well-known singing stars in Hong Kong.

When Venus Fashions and Grapholite Moses Printers launched their Hebrew language magazine Belle in Israel, Elle, the international women's magazine sued for an injunction. Both magazines focus on women's fashion, beauty, health and entertainment.