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On April 1 2011, Ministry of Finance of Vietnam (MOF) promulgated Circular 44/2011/TT-BTC guiding the anti-counterfeiting tasks and protection measures for IP rights at Customs. The Circular provides detailed procedures, actions and documents to be submitted to specific Customs Offices (CO) or the General Customs Department (GCD) under the supervision of the Ministry, requesting the CO/GCD to apply necessary statutory measures at the border gates for protection of rights of IP holders. Such measures would be some or all of the following: control on import-export goods related to IP rights, temporary suspension of customs procedure, customs inspection and supervision.

Residual goodwill is the association that a consumer has between a trade mark that may no longer be in active use and its original source. The legal implications of a trade mark's residual goodwill often become significant when third parties attempt to secure rights to it to profit from consumers' nostalgia for older brands. Typically, a new party hoping to revitalise an otherwise dormant trade mark will take steps to cancel the owner's registration based on allegations of abandonment.

On July 8 2011, the decree on the oppositions to Italian trade marks and international trade marks designating Italy was finally published in the Italian Official Gazette. So it will at last be possible to file an administrative trade mark opposition.

Icann is searching for a vice president of Europe after the man who was set to take on the role said he will not be joining the organisation.

The Supreme Court in its decision of June 1 2011 in the case of Fredco Manufacturing Corp v Harvard University denied the petition of Fredco and declared the mark Harvard well-known internationally and in the Philippines.

The world now frowns at smokers. Yet Russia remains one of the countries with the highest smoking rate. Many tobacco companies have a presence in Russia and strive to strengthen their hold on Russian smokers. Philip Morris is one such company. It filed to register the figurative trade mark.

The battle for the Village People in Newport, dancing on the streets in Sierra Leone and an odd way to deal with a Situation

The law on fair use or fair dealing varies more than many think, with countries like Israel, Japan and South Korea implementing US-type reforms and the UK consulting on it. Local lawyers from six countries give their advice on an area of law that often varies substantially by culture

He Jing and Nathan Jackson explain the effectiveness of timing IP litigation against Chinese infringers so that it could affect a planned IPO

European patents, particularly pharmaceuticals, are under more pressure than ever from competition authorities. Euan Burrows, Victoire Binchet and Ian Starr give advice for those owning the ultimate anti-competitive instrument: a patent