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The law with regard to famous trade marks is unequivocal: a trade mark may be recognised as famous if it became widely known as a result of intensive use on the date of filing the application among relevant consumers in respect of the goods of the applicant. There are special rules that regulate the procedure for recognising the trade mark as famous.

On January 22 2015, the Notification of the Alcoholic Beverages Control, Re: Rules, Procedures, and Conditions for Labels of Alcoholic Beverages was published in the Royal Thai Government Gazette. It sets out controversial labelling and message restrictions for alcoholic beverages that could result in major losses for the alcohol industry. The Notification has been challenged before Thailand's Administrative Court, but pending the outcome of that case, it has come into effect on April 22 2015.

In Taiwan's invalidation procedure, once the IP Office has made a determination of the validity of each claim and held that the invalidation is groundless, the case may be appealed to the Board of Appeals and subsequently to the IP Court. According to the provision of Article 33 of the Intellectual Property Adjudication Act, during the course of administrative litigation, the invalidation petitioner may, in addition to relying on the originally filed evidence, submit new evidence in regard to such grounds as novelty or inventive step. On the other hand, the patentee, to dispel the effectiveness of the new evidence, may sometimes need to conduct post-grant amendment before the IP Office to prevent the claims from being invalidated.

Aminiasi Vulaono and Artika Prasad of Pacific Islands Intellectual Property Services advise IP holders to take note of capital gains tax regulations when selling their intellectual property in Fiji

Matthew Ward of Shelston IP answers questions on the key developments of Australian patent law, including elucidation of the failings of the Innovation Patent Regime

Wayne Slater and Daniel Rosenthal of IP Gateway offer advice on how to get the most out of filing design applications in Australia

Blair Beven and Joe Seisdedos of AJ Park report on recent developments on the Australian IP scene, including a crackdown on piracy and copyright theft

Gillian Thompson of IP Australia speaks to Managing IP about what her work is like, some of the most interesting inventions that have come across her desk and why she is optimistic about the future of innovation in Australia

The Eastern District of Texas has granted a motion to dismiss for lack of patentable subject matter in a case involving an eDekka patent that has been used in 252 patent litigation cases

The Central District of California has granted summary judgement in the closely-watched “Happy Birthday” copyright case, finding that the defendants do not hold the rights to the popular song