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On February 22 2016, the prime minister announced a referendum on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU, to take place on June 23 2016. In treatment typical of the UK press, this has been christened Brexit: a term rapidly accepted into general parlance within the UK but, understandably, not outside.

Sergey Medvedev of Gorodissky & Partners provides a guide to the options available when dealing with domain name disputes in Russia

In this case, the plaintiff owns trade marks for perfumeries. It sells its perfumes through a selective distribution system, its partners being selected according to qualification criteria. By contract they are barred from selling these products outside the distribution system.

Ghana recently published its National IP Policy and Strategy. The aim is to bring Ghana's IP system "in line with its international commitments and international best practices".

As explained in our April briefing, there are several sections referring to IP-related matters in the Argentine New Civil and Commercial Code that affect regulations that govern agreements.

Original equipment manufacturing for export raises several potential trade mark issues in China. Matthew Murphy, Yu Du and Joyce Chng examine the impact of the recent Pretul and Dong Feng cases

As reported in a recent article, the EPO has seen performance gains in 2015, with the number of grants having increased by some 6% compared to the previous year. A closer look at the official EPO statistics of 2015 reveals more details.

The AIPPI returns to Italy this year, for the first time since 1969. Once again, Managing IP will be providing coverage in the AIPPI Daily Report and here we provide a preview of what to expect

Sixième Son Communication is a French communication agency specialising in audio branding and sound design. Sixième Son owns the trade mark Sixième Son, registered inter alia for advertising and sound production services. The French company Dissonances also operates as a communication agency focusing on sound creation. Dissonances registered the keywords "sixième son" and "sixiemeson" via Google's paid referencing service AdWords. Following a Google search, these keywords generated sponsored links titled "Sixième son – dissonances.fr" with the commercial tagline "Des musiques originales pour enrichir votre communication" ("original music to boost your communication") and redirected to Dissonances' website www.dissonances.fr. These findings led Sixième Son to sue Dissonances on the basis of trade mark infringement and unfair competition.

On April 5 2016, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) posted its proposed amendments to the implementing rules and regulations on inter partes proceedings inviting comments from the public. The proposed amendments are intended to simplify and speed up the resolution of cases before the Bureau of Legal Affairs (BLA), the adjudicating bureau of the IPOPHL.