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From tracking trends to updating its data sharing policies, Interpol’s illicit goods unit officer tells Managing IP how its anti-counterfeiting programmes are keeping pace with IP crime

Nigel Swycher, CEO of patent analysis software company Cipher, looks ahead to the IP Corporate Strategy Summit 2019

It is no secret that artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform many aspects of IP. The role and impact of the technology has been discussed many times and in many forums, but what we've done in this issue's cover story is bring together several views in one place. Most notably, we have spoken to Francis Gurry, the director general of WIPO, as well as Christian Archambeau, executive director of the EUIPO. We have also included comments from CIPO in Canada, to provide a wider view of how IP offices are using AI and their assessment of its influence.

The enforcement of trademark infringement crimes is not ex-officio in Turkey. In other words, trademark owners have to file a criminal complaint to start criminal IP proceedings for each and every case. Thus trademark owners have to take into consideration beforehand, all possible risks that might occur in a worst case scenario, especially counterclaims which could include damages figures put forward by infringers if no fake products can be seized during an actual raid or even worse, if original products are seized during a raid instead of fakes.

In In re TracFone Wireless, Inc., the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) issued yet another decision finding that a particular designation fails to function as a mark – the subject of over 21% of precedential rulings this year. These decisions highlight the importance of brand owners, marketing teams, advertising departments and legal counsel coordinating effectively.

As data reveals that German and French attorneys lag behind their UK counterparts on the tests for appearing at the EPO, Managing IP asks why the UK leads the field

Managing IP rounds up the latest news and analysis from patent-focused businesses

The minimum requirements for securing a filing date (and priority date) of a Malaysian patent application to be issued by the Malaysian IP Office (MyIPO) are: a) the name and address of the applicant(s), b) the name and address of the inventor(s), c) a patent specification comprising a description, claims and any necessary drawings; and d) the country and filing date of any earlier application whose priority is claimed. It is preferable, although not essential, to file the following additional information and documents with the initial application; e) the serial number of any priority application and the symbol of the International Patent Classification (IPC) allocated to it (if available), f) the state of incorporation/nationality of the applicant; g) an abstract of the invention; h) an Appointment of Agent form signed by the applicant and i) if the applicant is not the inventor, a statement explaining how the applicant derives its right to the patent from the inventor(s), normally by virtue of assignment, employment or any other agreement.

Following a US Supreme Court ruling on bankruptcy and trademarks, licensees should feel more secure about the rights that they have been permitted to use, says Robert Gerstein of Marshall, Gerstein & Borun

The French law no. 2019-486 of May 22 2019 on business growth and transformation, known as the Action Plan for Business Growth and Transformation (PACTE) Law, introduces important changes into the French patent system, including conditions for infringement and invalidity actions for all industrial property rights.