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  • On April 21 2010, the Supreme People's Court issued the Opinion on Several Issues Regarding Administrative Adjudication of Trade Mark Grant and Confirmation. The Opinion is based on the experience of the court in administrative actions brought against the TRAB in trade mark application, opposition or invalidation cases.
  • You've just discovered the joys of roller derby. So, what are the chances of registering a track name such as Cindy Lop-Her? Not so good if the examiner considers that such matter may falsely suggest a connection with any living individual.
  • Where an inventor wishes to file as many patent applications as different countries in which he tries to protect an invention, the inventor has to deal with a complex filing process involving diverse problems and difficulties.
  • WIPO wants to revitalise the PCT system. James Pooley, deputy director-general for patents at the IP organisation, outlines progress so far and explains how the improvements should benefit users
  • Amended Rule 36 EPC on divisional applications has led to confusion. Ard Ellens of Nederlandsch Octrooibureau in the Netherlands provides a guide to the options available
  • Over the last few months, every week the local press has contained several articles on issues relating to consumer protection. Consumer Protection Day in March was an occasion for various events and initiatives to raise the profile of issues affecting consumers and to increase awareness of the rights of consumers – rights which are now enshrined in the Consumer Protection Law of 2008.
  • The US Supreme Court has issued its decision on business method patents in Bilski v Kappos. Eileen McDermott asked a wide range of practitioners what the ruling means for patent applicants across a range of industries
  • The ITC, litigation strategies, trade mark protection and of course the Bilski decision were the hot topics at last month’s first China-International IP Forum. Peter Ollier reports from Beijing
  • Víctor Garrido of Dumont Bergman Bider discusses the efforts to apply a national innovation system in Mexico
  • With the entry into force of the Law on the Swiss Federal Patent Court (which may be expected to start operating in the first half of 2011) provisions will be introduced in the Swiss Patent Act that allow for a detailed description of patent infringing acts (saisie descriptive) as well as the seizure of goods (saisie réelle). The newly worded Article 77 of the Patent Act deals with this as follows: