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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

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.

Nine out of 10 Europeans have not bought counterfeit products or downloaded illegally in the past 12 months, according to a report on perceptions of IP published by OHIM this week

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

Mexico’s intellectual property office ruling in favour of iFone, Lego asking the UK government to remove images, German legal scholars debating whether Mein Kampf should be studied or suppressed when its copyright expires and a study claiming patent trolls restrict venture capital investment were among the intellectual property stories hitting the headlines in the past week

In a landmark case with sweeping repercussions for medical research that's being closely watched around the globe, the US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments on the patent eligibility of human genes

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

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

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

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.