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Managing IP publishes its eighth annual list of the 50 most influential people in IP

More than 8,000 trade mark professionals from 130 countries attended the INTA Annual Meeting in Boston in May, which was co-chaired by Laura Covington of Yahoo! and Larry Jones of Alston & Bird. Keynote speaker Peter Guber, chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, drew on his film production career to tell attendees how to develop their brand story, while INTA President Heather Steinmeyer used her speech to remind IP counsel of the perils, as well as the opportunities, of connecting with consumers through social media and mobile communications.

by Eileen McDermott, New York

The US Supreme Court has issued its decision on business method patents in Bilski v Kappos. Eileen McDermott asked a wide range of practitioners what the ruling means for patent applicants across a range of industries

The ITC, litigation strategies, trade mark protection and of course the Bilski decision were the hot topics at last month’s first China-International IP Forum. Peter Ollier reports from Beijing

Fabrizio de Benedetti and Andrea Klein of SIB Società Italiana Brevetti explain how IP owners can make the most of tougher sanctions in the country's Criminal Code in their fight against infringers

Italy's decision to grant Ferrari the right to trade mark the colour red demonstrates a more flexible, commercial approach to colour marks than the position adopted by OHIM and the ECJ, argues Diego Pallini of Notarbartolo & Gervasi

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Last year Italian judges resolved closely watched disputes about what constitutes IP infringement in the life sciences sector. Massimiliano Mostardini, Giovanni Galimberti, Fulvio Mellucci and Licia Garotti of Bird & Bird review the decisions

One of the factors that is considered by trade mark tribunals in the United States when determining whether there is a likelihood of confusion between two marks is a comparison of the goods sold under the marks at issue. The test for trade mark infringement does not require that the goods sold under the respective marks be identical, or that they are even competitive. Rather, the test requires a relatedness between goods (or services) such that the products (or services) would be likely to be encountered by the same consumers in situations that would cause the mistaken belief that the products originate from the same source or that there is some association or connection between them. The determination, therefore, often yields different results based on specific facts.