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  • Eduardo Kleinberg and Santiago Zubikarai of Basham discuss the lessons from Mexico’s nascent opposition system, including a lack of information about trade mark applications, examiners not being bound by oppositions, controversy over fees, and a lack of clarity about the basis on which an opposition may be filed
  • Two recent rulings have shed light on the interpretation of claims in Mexican patent litigation. Mariana Gonzalez Vargas of Becerril Coca & Becerril explains they provide an important reference for unity of invention and the doctrine of equivalents
  • Following the signing of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union, the Government of Canada has amended Canada's pharmaceutical drug linkage regulations, the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (PMNOC Regulations), which link the drug regulatory approval system to the patent system. The PMNOC Regulations are comparable to the Hatch-Waxman Act in the United States.
  • IP Australia is proceeding at pace with implementing the Government's response to the Productivity Commission's Report to severely curtail the rights of patent holders.
  • Burburry is a most recognisable name. It's no less familiar checkered pattern is present on many clothes and accessories. Almost as often a galloping horseman rides across the checkered pattern. The horseman is registered as a trade mark in Russia under International Registration No 732707 in respect of goods in Class 25.
  • Many foreign IP owners have observed that in the Philippines there are too many documents required and formalities to be complied with in filing actions for the enforcement of intellectual property rights. Generally, technical rules are interpreted liberally. However, in certain instances, for example, to avoid multiplicity of suits, adherence to the procedural rules is necessary, as in the following case.
  • Our world famous Dutch F1 driver Max Verstappen has won a court case he had filed against online supermarket Picnic.
  • China, being a rapidly developing market with a highly flourishing economy, is a main source of trade mark infringement, troubling trade mark owners. Today, we make a brief introduction to one of the most efficient measures for cracking down on trade mark infringement – the AIC enforcement action.
  • In early October, the top policy making body in China issued a special opinion proposing to explore the patent linkage system, to extend patent terms for pharmaceuticals and to improve regulatory data protection, all of which are intended to encourage innovation in pharmaceutical and medical device fields. While the exact details of such new policy initiatives are not yet known, it has excited the industry.
  • A monthly column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam