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Recently, the Mexican Trade Mark Office found that a Mexican company had infringed the image of a Mexican actor. However, the use was found in an advertisement for a hairstyling product in a store in Puerto Rico. The authority sustained that since the parties were both Mexican and the related product was made in and exported from Mexico, it has enough authority to sanction an infringement for the non-authorised use of the image for commercial purposes outside Mexico.

The designation Terra Contes on application number 2012711660 with priority of April 4 2012 was filed in the name of a Russian company Trade House KODRU in respect of goods in class 33, alcoholic beverages.

The Supreme Court recently issued a judgment in a trade mark and company name infringement action where both parties were using and had registered trade marks and company names with the main distinctive element Arthur or Arthur's.

Where there are doubts as to the validity of a patent, a patent invalidation action may be filed with the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) to request revocation of the patent, or patent invalidity may be used as a defence in infringement litigation to assert non-infringement.

In the case In re St Helena Hospital, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently expanded the so-called "something more" standard for the relatedness of goods and services in analysing whether a likelihood of confusion existed between two marks.

Our third International Women’s Leadership Forum was held last month. How can the world of IP do more for women?

A monthly column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam

On February 2 2015, the Ho Chi Minh City Court held a public trial in a dispute arising out of an infringement of an agrochemical patent. The trial attracted significant attention from IP practitioners as it was among the first patent litigation cases ever tried in the Vietnamese courts. Additionally, the case was apparently the first time a foreign patentee had ever sought to enforce its patent rights before Vietnamese courts. The ruling in the case was to be a litmus test for Vietnam's environment of patent enforcement.

Peter Leung visited Beijing’s new IP Court and interviewed Judge Chen Jinchuan, vice president of the Court, about its aims, its first cases and why he listens to French radio every morning. Plus: more news and analysis on China’s new IP Courts

In-house counsel say they want more information on the Unitary Patent and UPC. Here’s some of our recent coverage – and a glimpse at what we have planned