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The OHIM cancellation division recently applied Article 7(1)(d) of the Community Trade Mark Regulation in invalidity proceedings and upheld an interpretation of that provision where a trade mark's registrability is precluded not only in cases where the mark is "exclusively" composed of a sign or an indication that has become customary in the current language or in the bona fide and established practices of the trade, but also where the rest of the elements are not sufficient to counteract the generic character of the "characterising" component of the trade mark concerned.

A handful of countries have implemented some form of the controversial three-strikes policy, which cuts infringers’ internet access. Here local lawyers report on the first few cases

Finally, on March 25 2011, the Indian Patent Office (IPO) released the final version of the Manual of Patent Practice and Procedure (MPPP).

The Court of Justice of the EU has become increasingly important to patent law in Europe. Businesses need to be aware how this will shape European patents in the future, say Katie Hutchinson, Simon Llewellyn, Rachel Mumby and Steven Willis

Raymond J Dowd and Luke McGrath explore how a recent US case has changed the game for character licensing

The protection of a partial industrial design involves the protection of a specific part of a design that is considered novel and applied to a product: automobile components for example, like front or rear combination lamps, or the bumper.

Edward Kelly and Franck Fougère debate the merits of Thailand’s programme of compulsory licensing for pharmaceutical patents.

In Israel, IP issues are heard by one of six District Courts and are appealable to the Supreme Court. Recent decisions are worrying, not so much because the verdicts are wrong, but because the judges displayed an ignorance of IP Law.

The enforcement of registered trade marks in Mexico is constantly evolving. No more than three years ago Mexican Customs set up a department to alert IP owners of shipments of potential counterfeits. Now, in 2011, the Customs Authority is finalising the first steps to run a project with the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) that merges the database of registered trade marks with that of Customs to create an intelligence tool to be used by customs officials in the review of goods imported into the country or in transit to other countries in the Americas.

New Zealand has amended the Designs Act 1953.