The Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs has published its amended guidelines that govern hearings in trademark cases. The revisions aim to streamline and enhance the process of deciding disputes by introducing remote and preliminary hearings and provisions on judges’ disclosure of inner convictions.
IAM’s Special Report 2024 Q2 "Money, money, money” reports deeply on the growing breadth of IP financial products spreading across the globe
The Wenzhou Court has affirmed that words with certain influence and popularity are protectable under the Anti-Unfair Competition Law in a trademark-squatting case brought by tech giant Xiaomi. For rights holders of voice-activation command prompts, it is crucial to prove that their names help to identify the source of goods or services.
This chapter looks at recent developments regarding IP rights and protection, and analyses the ongoing battle against piracy and some recent IP cases heard by the Malaysian courts.
29 January 2008
On April 29 2004 the European Parliament and the European Council adopted the EU IP Rights Enforcement Directive (2004/48/EC).
29 January 2008
Over the last 18 months major developments have taken place in Lithuanian IP law, resulting from both new legislation and court decisions.
29 January 2008
It’s merger and acquisition (M&A) season: do you know where your intellectual property is? For the nearly 32,000 companies that have helped 2007 to be a record year for M&A activity, the answer should be yes. The federal regulators are watching.
29 January 2008
Pakistan has a large, growing pharmaceutical industry and generic manufacturing is on the rise. As a result, there have been a number of major infringements of patented processes for pharmaceuticals, as well as patented compounds and compositions by local generic manufacturers, which import the generic drugs or their active ingredients from China, Brazil and India and then formulate and/or repackage the drugs for sale in Pakistan.
29 January 2008
The value of owning patents continues to grow in the United States. As Alan Greenspan recently observed, “The economic product of the United States has become predominantly conceptual”.
29 January 2008
The smoke has cleared after the nearly decade-long battle between Microsoft and the European Commission, and competition practitioners and IP specialists alike are piecing through the decision to determine whether the boundaries between competition law and intellectual property have moved.
29 January 2008
Protecting an icon is not easy, especially when the company’s entire legal department consists of only one lawyer and his assistant. Luckily, the man in charge of the Zippo brand has developed a system as reliable as the product itself
10 May 2007
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the fourth edition of IAM’s annual publication Brands in the Boardroom: Key branding issues for senior executives. Published to coincide with the annual meeting of the International Trademark Association being held in Chicago from 28th April to 3rd May, Brands in the Boardroom 2007 seeks to identify some of the major trends in brand management and trademark law and practice, and to explain their relevancy to a readership of decision makers inside brand-owning businesses.
10 May 2007
With 80 years’ experience in protecting its intellectual property, ICI is no slouch when it comes to looking after its brands. Trademark counsel Paul Johnston unfolds a tale of fast-paced product lines, emotive markets and a very special dog
10 May 2007
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