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The new gTLD programme is creating a much larger world for rights owners to monitor and protect their brands. Elisa Cooper discusses the six categories that merit special attention from brand protection professionals

EPO President Benoît Battistelli sat down with Managing IP's James Nurton during the AIPPI World IP Congress in Toronto last month. During a wide-ranging discussion, he was asked about the UP and UPC. Here is an extract from the interview.

"I think it will depend a lot on the question of costs. Renewal fees will be a key factor, certainly for companies in the area I am from."

The annual PCT Survey shows the strongest growth in the world’s emerging markets - China and Brazil among others, as well as a strong showing from the United States

With the recent revisions to the PRC Trade Mark Law that took effect on May 1 2014, it's helpful to review some best practices in China trade mark prosecution, particularly in light of changes in TMO practices following the revisions to the law. Trade mark squatting in China remains rampant, and for companies big and small, it often is a matter of time before your brand is pirated. Filing trade mark applications is usually less expensive than filing trade mark oppositions or buying brands from pirates. So it's best to file early, and well before launching a brand in the PRC.

This year, the Indonesian government enacted new Government Regulation 45 Year 2014 on July 3 (PP number 45/2014), replacing the former Government Regulation 38 Year 2009 (PP number 38/2009) on types and rates of non-tax state revenue applicable to the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in which official fees for trade mark prosecution are regulated. PP number 45/2014 regulates the new tariff for filing trade mark applications, which is increased from Rp600,000 ($50) to Rp1 million.

In several cases, a trade mark cannot be registered, even when it has sufficient distinctiveness. For example, Section 3 (d) of the Trade Mark Law prohibits the registration of "those marks that are susceptible of inducing error with respect to the nature, properties, virtues, quality, manufacturing techniques, function, origin, price or other characteristics of the products or services to be distinguished".

In recent months, business owners and associations in Malaysia have, via various channels, vented their frustration over the high-handed manner in which a collecting society for performers had been collecting its fees from music users, such as retailers and shopkeepers.

The Russian Patent Office rejected registration of a trade mark in application 2012715514 with priority of May 14 2012 in the name of a Russian company Tarantino Ltd Co. The designation is a figurative representation of the relevant name.

On September 10, the Intellectual Property Office (IPOPHL) launched the Community Review Process open to all industry associations. This is in line with its objective to promote transparency and facilitate the flow of information in granting patents, utility model and industrial design registrations.