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The patent showdown between Oracle and Google over seven Java-related patents has been heating up this week, with a California judge yesterday expressing scepticism over Google’s behaviour

The USPTO's chief communications officer and senior adviser to director David Kappos Peter Pappas sent Managing IP the following statement in response to this story, which was filed yesterday:

Muhammad Ali Enterprises (MAE) is suing e-reader company Kobo for trade mark infringement regarding its use of Ali’s popular slogan in a New York Times advertisement

The House Appropriations Committee in the US has promised to give the USPTO full access to its estimated fee collections in FY 2012

Figures released today show that twice as many seizures were made by EU Customs in 2010 compared to 2009, but the total volume of goods remained almost static

In line with its policy to strengthen its IP regime and encourage entrepreneurs to register their IP rights, Malaysia has introduced an expedited examination of trade mark applications, with effect from February 15 2011.

A company's use of their brand often extends to several categories of goods or services and, in turn, a company's trade mark filings for such brand typically cover the range of products and services that the company offers. Thus, when a company enters into negotiations to sell part of its business to a third party, namely, selling rights in and to the company's trade mark in connection with certain goods or services while retaining the rights in the mark for other goods and services, the USPTO provides procedures for effecting the associated assignment of rights. These procedures differ depending on the status of the trade mark filing at issue – specifically whether it is a pending application or an issued registration.

While Thailand has been on the Priority Watch List of the Office of the USTR Special 301 Report since 2007, the Royal Thai government has remained steadfast in its commitment to the stronger protection and enforcement of IP rights.

The doctrine of exhaustion of patent rights has long been a grey area of law in Taiwan. The main reason is that there are neither clear provisions in the Patent Law nor precedents.

Romanian courts have already set a trend by issuing several definitive decisions that have led to supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) being granted for products that, in light of the latest opinions delivered by the Advocate General Mengozzi, should not qualify for such protection in Romania. However, even if a battle is lost for generic companies, the war is far from being over.