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AusRegistry has changed its name to ARI Registry Services and will open another head office in the US.

The Norton Rose Group has continued its expansion with a link-up with a North American firm.

The General Court of the EU has ruled that the term Paki is derogatory and cannot be registered as a Community trade mark – though Pommy and bastard can

Finland has become the 17th EPO member state to accede to the London Agreement, which reduces translation costs for patent applicants

On August 1 2011, the Kenya Standard newspaper reported that the Kenya Shippers Council (KSC) has a cunning plan to reduce the time taken to clear imported goods through the Port of Mombasa to three days. Also known as Kilindini, that port serves land-locked neighbours as well as Kenya and is second only to Durban among posts on the east African range. It is actually my home town and the news snippet conjured back the sun, ships and stevedores, the cargoes, cranes and Customs sheds among which I sweated before joining the law. What has all that got to do with intellectual property, I wondered?

On August 1 2011, the Kenya Standard newspaper reported that the Kenya Shippers Council (KSC) has a cunning plan to reduce the time taken to clear imported goods through the Port of Mombasa to three days. Also known as Kilindini, that port serves land-locked neighbours as well as Kenya and is second only to Durban among posts on the east African range. It is actually my home town and the news snippet conjured back the sun, ships and stevedores, the cargoes, cranes and Customs sheds among which I sweated before joining the law. What has all that got to do with intellectual property, I wondered?

Article 50 of the TRIPs agreement establishes that the judicial authorities shall have the authority to order prompt and effective provisional measures to prevent the infringement of any IP right, and also the authority to adopt provisional measures inaudita altera parte where appropriate, in particular where any delay is likely to cause irreparable harm to the right holder, or where there is a demonstrable risk of evidence being destroyed.

A merchant (not related to the firm Puma) in the perfume market sued a competitor for infringement of Puma's trade mark by its use of a Jungle Man logo. Puma's trade mark has been used for perfumes on the Austrian market through sales by means of its website. The plaintiff sued for trade mark infringement on the basis of Trade Mark Law and on the Law Against Unfair Competition for misleading consumers by use of a confusingly similar sign.

The new Patent Licensing Contract Recordal Measures came into effect on August 1 2011, replacing the old Patent Licensing Contract Administration Measures.

If the EPO considers that a European patent application fails to comply with the EPC such that a search for the European Search Report (ESR) cannot be carried out, a communication under Rule 63(1) EPC is issued. It may be triggered if for example a clarity objection under Article 84, an objection under Article 76 regarding a divisional application, an objection under Article 123(2) or an objection under Article 53c relating to exceptions to patentability is issued.