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In January, in Weider Publications LLC v D&D Beauty Care Company LLC, the US Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) issued a precedential decision which granted a broad range of protection for a mark determined to be famous. D&D Beauty had filed an application seeking to register the mark Shapes for use in connection with a range of beauty-related services. Weider Publications opposed registration of the mark claiming, among other things, a likelihood of confusion with its federal trade mark registrations for the mark Shape covering print and digital magazines in the field of health and fitness.

James Nurton sat down with Catriona Hammer, this year’s president of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, to hear about her goals for the association, the likely impact of the Unitary Patent and other areas of concern for patent attorneys

Anna Mae Koo of Vivien Chan & Co examines some key cases that will prove invaluable to the new IP courts in China

The Turtles winning royalties in a case against Sirius, a trade mark dispute between two ukulele bands, the YODA bill’s introduction, Monster Energy being sued again for using Beastie Boys songs, a list of the most-cited IP articles, and Ecuador granting nine compulsory patent licences since 2009 were among the intellectual property stories hitting the headlines this week

The Supreme Court's long-awaited decision in Alice v CLS, a Sherlock Holmes copyright ruling, Philip Morris' parody T-shirt dispute, the Wall Street Journal slamming "lowly patent clerks", the shut-down of the IKEAHackers website, and Smokey Robinson's copyright fight with his ex-wife were among the intellectual property stories hitting the headlines this week

Apple requesting a retrial with Samsung, shares in Spherix surging then plummeting, the .club domain name becoming the number one gTLD, the Marines increasing trade mark filing, and a potential thawing in Disney’s attitude to copyright infringement were among the intellectual property stories hitting the headlines this week

Apple and Google dropping all patent litigation against each other, an erotic movie studio filing more than a third of US copyright lawsuits, a German court ruling Jesus Christ does not own copyright on a 1975 book, Samsung failing to have a Rockstar lawsuit dismissed in Texas, and the Senate trying to mark-up a patent reform bill for a sixth time were among the intellectual property stories hitting the headlines in the past week

The investors in Intellectual Ventures’ new patent acquisition fund, China approving Microsoft’s purchase of Nokia’s devices business with conditions, four countries requesting ICANN reconsider the .wine gTLD, the EC president visiting OHIM, and Google’s attempt to get a trade mark on the word glass were among the stories hitting the headlines this week

A photo taken by a monkey of itself, the completion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and Europe, the Supreme Court’s Petrella ruling affecting a Jay-Z lawsuit, a settlement over the Tesla name in China, and Judge Posner slamming the Arthur Conan Doyle estate for “extortion” – some of the IP-related news you may have missed this week

Fashion companies often use their distinctive house marks in conjunction with multiple secondary marks to serve as a single source identifier for their product lines. The house mark groups the multiple different product offerings under the solitary heading of a well-known brand. The inclusion of the house mark could play a pivotal role in determining whether a likelihood of confusion exists between two otherwise similar marks.