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KIPO’s 2014 statistics show both a modest increase in patent and trade mark applications as well as reductions in pendency times

One of the pleasures of working in IP is the opportunity it provides to meet and learn from legal practitioners all over the world. Our recent interview with Cesur Kilinç of Anadolu in Turkey is an example of this

University of Nebraska College of Law professor Christal Sheppard has been appointed as the first director of the USPTO’s satellite office in Detroit

Valery Narezhny has joined the IP department of Gorodissky & Partners in Moscow, where he will be in charge of new practices such as tax, Customs and commercial law

New gTLD specialist Valideus, based in London, is launching a sister company, Valideus USA, based in Virginia, USA

In commercial lawsuits in general, and IP lawsuits in particular, the ability of rights holders to access one or more forms of injunctive relief is of utmost importance. The availability and effectiveness of preliminary injunctions can show to some extent the maturity and effectiveness of the enforcement system. For such reasons, a correct understanding of the applicability of preliminary injunctions in Vietnam is of practical use.

In Co-Operative Bank Limited v Anderson [2014] NZHC 2686, the Co-operative Bank Limited (TCB) unsuccessfully sought an interim injunction to prevent a credit union (NZACU) from using certain names that included the words 'co-op'.

A decision by the Swiss Federal Patent Court has held that a request for a preliminary injunction against a device for producing milk foam was not delayed, despite the fact that the plaintiff knew, for a length of time that normally would forfeit the right to an injunction, about the infringing machines of the defendant since the European patent of the plaintiff was under opposition.

On December 10 2014, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), in cooperation with the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP), posted a notice on its website asking for comments on the proposed Rules and Regulations on Intellectual Property Rights Application and Registration Protecting the Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices of the Indigenous Cultural Communities, the objective of which is to prevent the misappropriation of the traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples and encourage tradition-based creations and innovations. The salient points of the proposed rules are:

Singapore and China strengthened IP cooperation with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on October 27 2014 between the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) to jointly develop the Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City.