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A motion to review the "current state" of the UDRP has been passed by the Generic Names Support Organisation Council of Icann, which is the organisation's policy making body. An issues report will examine "how the UDRP has addressed the problem of cybersquatting to date, and any insufficiencies/inequalities associated with the process". And "whether the definition of cybersquatting inherent within the existing UDRP language needs to be reviewed or updated". Once this is completed, the Council will vote on whether to start a policy development process, which could later effect change in the UDRP. "I don't think it is well timed with everything else going on with new gTLDs as the UDRP is the one solid mechanism currently in place," said David Taylor of Hogan Lovells (right), though he said a review might strengthen it for brand owners.

The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last month ruled in favour of Levi Strauss in a decision that sheds light on the 2006 Trademark Dilution Revision Act (TDRA).

Three former Bereskin & Parr lawyers have joined Borden Ladner Gervais in Toronto.

In Sweden, universities and other higher education institutions (HEIs) are classed as government agencies, and their main task as stipulated by law is to contribute to research and education. Like all Swedish government agencies, HEIs must abide by the Principle of Public Access to Official Documents. The conflict of interest between, on one hand, the need for increased commercialization of research results and therefore keeping certain results confidential to fulfil the novelty requirement in patent law and, on the other hand, the ambition to promote free research, and the publication of research results becomes obvious. How can this conflict be resolved?

A landmark licensing programme for Blu-Ray disc patents, to be launched on April 1 this year, has thrown up debate about patent licensing, both between organisations in the west and among manufacturers in China.

Sweden's legislators and judicial authorities are facing a delicate problem in connection with file sharing – that is, with uploading and downloading of copyrighted material from the internet. The problem is that the existing legislation regulating the issue is ignored by the vast majority of people whom it is principally intended to govern.

Global-Tech’s petition to the US Supreme Court is unlikely to succeed, judging from the questions asked at today's hearing

The Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand have launched an initiative to integrate the patent examination systems of their two countries.

Chinese telecoms company Huawei has bowed to US government pressure and reversed its decision to buy the patent portfolio of a Silicon Valley start up

In recent years, users of Europe's trade mark system have been engaged in debates on the role of national offices. But where are patent users? Tove Graulund and Holm Schwarze of Zacco discuss the latest developments