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  • Jean-Baptiste Barbier, Counsellor for IP at the French Embassy in Beijing, explains how policies adopted by the French government have helped to cut levels of counterfeiting on online platforms, and how businesses around the world can use them to protect their customers and build respect for IP on the internet
  • Managing IP held the US Patent Forum in Silicon Valley this week. Here are some points of interest from the event, including discussion of the ITC tightening the scope of its jurisdiction and a defence of the right for anyone to file an IPR (even a hedge fund)
  • Speaking at Georgetown University yesterday, Congressman Darrell Issa (pictured) said that patent reform measures should not carve out exemptions for universities that behave like trolls
  • Speaking at Managing IP’s US Patent Forum last week in Washington DC, Lisa Kattan of the US International Trade Commission (ITC) gave tips on how to better take advantage of the proceedings. One bit of advice – don’t treat it as if it’s standard litigation
  • Recently, in Couture v Playdom, Inc, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit addressed for the first time whether a trade mark applicant's offering of a service, without actually providing such services, is sufficient to constitute to use of a mark in commerce.
  • The Madrid Protocol is now in effect in the OAPI member states and Zimbabwe. But, says Wayne Meiring, that does not necessarily mean that international registrations will be valid and enforceable
  • The recent decision of the Kenyan High Court in Weetabix Limited v Manji Food Industries Ltd is noteworthy. First, trade mark judgments are rare in Kenya. Second, because it deals with a range of issues – likelihood of confusion, a family of marks, well-known marks and passing off. Third, because the Court managed to reach a decision which, although not unreasonable, may seem a bit odd to some.
  • In our articles of July 2014 and February 2015, we reported on a growing conflict within the EPO concerning the independence of the EPO Boards of Appeal. Although we hoped that these issues would soon be resolved, it appears that the conflict between the EPO Boards of Appeal and the EPO management is continuing.
  • The Indonesian Trade Mark Law No 15/2001 regulates that an owner of an unregistered mark may file a lawsuit for cancellation against a registered mark at the Commercial Court after filing a registration at the Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights (DGIPR).
  • The Malaysian High Court recently decided in the case of Syarikat Duasama Sdn Bhd v Chevron Malaysia Limited that the concept of landlord liability may not be recognised to confer liability on owners of premises where infringing activities are said to have taken place.