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On February 8 2012, the Norwegian Department of Justice proposed new legislation regarding the establishment of pledges in IP rights. The bill was introduced by the government in the form of a proposition a year later (Prop 101 L (2013–2014), and sanctioned on January 1 2015, the sanction process taking a lot longer than most IP practitioners had expected.

The Indonesian Domain Name Registry (PANDI) recently established a dispute settlement forum for the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) .id. The forum is called Penyelesaian Perselisihan Nama Domain or Domain Name Dispute Resolution Forum (PPND). The purpose of PPND is to provide an alternative to District Court civil claims for dispute settlement related to the .id ccTLD.

The Kornspitz was invented by the company Backaldrin as a new bakery product several decades ago together with the creation of the German-coined name, since then protected as trade mark in Austria. The name consists of the word "Korn", meaning "grain", referring to the dark dough made out of grain and "spitz", meaning "pointed", referring to the two pointed ends of the elongated and rolled bakery product. It has become one of the most popular bakery products in Austria which everyone knows under the name "Kornspitz", sold every day, although sometimes other designations are used.

BRG Brilliant Rubber Goods (M) Sdn Bhd v Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club Management Inc; Pendaftar Cap Dagangan,Malaysia (Interested Party) And Another Case [2015] 4 CLJ, concerned an appeal against the Registrar's decision to dismiss the plaintiff's objections to the defendant's trade marks.

The prosecution of trade mark applications under the Madrid Protocol is increasingly common among foreign clients. However, as far as it concerns to Mexico, there are some disadvantages for Madrid users:

During the 47th session of its assembly, held from October 5 to 14 2015, the PCT Union reviewed the supplementary international search system.

The European Commission is pushing ahead with the digital single market, despite serious concerns in the audiovisual industry. James Tobias sets out the developments so far, and what is likely to happen next

Utynam spent an enjoyable few days in Washington DC for the annual AIPLA Annual Meeting in October this year. Here are some of his highlights

After seven years of debate, and 19 formal rounds of negotiations, the Trans-Pacific Partnership was agreed in October this year. Its IP provisions, which are among the most controversial, will have an impact on pharmaceutical protection, copyright, trade marks, geographical indications and enforcement, among other areas. Peter Leung provides a summary of the main points and over the following pages we look at the impact country-by-country

Jeremy Phillips, who founded Managing IP, retired this week. James Nurton recently went for lunch with him to hear about how intellectual property has changed in the past 42 years, what his plans are for retirement, and why ethical behaviour matters