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Alert 370 – Philippines – Imposter arrested for selling counterfeit software
July 2010
 
Alert 369 – India– Adoption of 9th Edition of Nice Classification and Introduction of Classes 43 to 45
July 2010
 
July 2010
 
Alert 367 - Hong Kong - Shadow Companies Amendments To Become Law
July 2010
 
Alert 366 - China - New Trade Mark Formality Requirements Part 2
July 2010
 
Alert 365 - Lebanon - Lebanese Draft Trade Mark Law
June 2010
 
Alert 364 - China - New Trade Mark Office formality requirements
June 2010

Alert 363 – India - Delhi High Court comes to rescue of Low Price Edition Books
June 2010
 
Alert 362 - EU – L’Oréal v Bellure.  A travesty of justice, or a breakdown in communication?
June 2010
 
Alert 361 - Europe - Film companies succeed in copyright claim against Newzbin download site
May 2010

Alert 360 - UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt - Non-Latin Domain Names Accepted
May 2010

Alert 359 - Vietnam – Trade name infringement will be treated seriously
April 2010
 
Alert 358 - Europe - Google AdWords service in the clear – or is it?
March 2010
 
Alert 357 - China - Revision of Copyright Law
March 2010
 
Alert 356: Vietnam - Amended Intellectual Property Law 2009 and Amended Penal Code 2009
March 2010
 
Alert 355: United Kingdom - Full implementation of the Customs simplified procedure
February 2010
 
Alert 354: United Kingdom - Court of Appeal issues important guidance on industrial applicability
February 2010
 
Alert 353: Hong Kong - Shadow companies amendments published
February 2010
 
Alert 352: India - Further liberalization of technology transfer policy
February 2010
 
Alert 351: China - New guidance in patent infringement actions
January 2010
 
Alert 350: India - File ‘statement of use’ or face penalties cautions Indian Patent Office
January 2010
 
Alert 349: India - No 'forum shopping' on basis of web presence alone
December 2009
 
Alert 348: Middle East - Saudi Arabia indicates intention to join PCT and PLT
December 2009
 
Alert 347: China - Patent Examination in China
December 2009
 
Alert 346: UAE - Further changes to trade mark fees
November 2009
 
Alert 346: UAE - Further changes to trade mark fees
November 2009
 
Alert 345: United Kingdom - Finding of passing off can automatically follow trade mark invalidation
November 2009
 
Alert 344: Global - Local Language Domain Names
November 2009
 
Alert 343: Europe - New Turkish Customs Regulation
October 2009
 
Alert 342: Europe - Limited Trade Mark Reputation Still Protectable
October 2009
 
Alert 341: Europe - New UK Trade Mark Fees and Services in Force
October 2009
 
Alert 340: Thailand Accedes to PCT
October 2009
 
Alert 339: Europe - Google keywords - Don't shoot the messenger, says Advocate General
September 2009
 
Alert 338: India - Court describes Bayer 'patent linkage' litigation as a 'speculative foray'
September 2009
 
Alert 337: China - New Practice for Trade Mark Assignment Recordals
August 2009
 
Alert 336: Hong Kong - shadow companies amendments brought forward
August 2009
 
Alert 335: China - Important WTO decision regarding China's controversial media market access barriers
August 2009
 
Alert 334: China - Important new TRAB policy and 'well-known' mark guidelines
July 2009
 
Alert 333: China - Draft Opinions foreshadow developments in criminal IP enforcement
July 2009
 
Alert 332: Vietnam - Amended laws bring further improvements to IP system
July 2009
 
Alert 331: China - Revocation of Citibank 'business method' patent
July 2009
 
Alert 330: UAE - Important Trademark Registry Changes
June 2009
 
Alert 329: L'Oreal v Bellure - lookalikes face trade mark infringement
June 2009
 
Alert 328: UK - New Customs Seizure Procedures
June 2009
 
Alert 327: Facebook Vanity URLs - Keep Calm and Don't Panic
June 2009
 
Alert 326: India - Cipla v Roche - generic industry rejoices!
June 2009
 
Alert 325 Europe - New fee regime at European Patent Office
May 2009
 
Alert 324: Vietnam - foreign publishers required to re-register their representative offices
April 2009
 
Alert 323: Europe - Community Trade Mark fees to reduce by 40% from 1 May
April 2009
 
Alert 322: Vietnam - Decree on Technology Transfers
March 2009
 
Alert 321: UK - court-appointed expert assists Judge in patent revocation case
March 2009
 
Alert 320: UK experimental use defence reviewed in medical device patent case
March 2009
 
Alert 319: Hong Kong - Trade Descriptions Ordinance introduces two new offences
March 2009
 
Alert 318: Europe - House of Lords upholds Cipralex patent
March 2009
 
Alert 317: UAE - DIFC seeks comment on draft IP laws
February 2009
 
Alert 316: China introduces further important changes to its Patent Law
February 2009
 
Alert 315: WTO panel decision in US-China dispute over China's IP enforcement regime
February 2009
 
Alert 314: UK High Court interprets 'own name' defence narrowly in Cipriani case
January 2009
 
Alert 313: Europe - 4 countries opt out of the Community Trade Mark Search System
January 2009
 
Alert 312: China - victory for Diageo in high-profile Johnnie Walker black label whisky case December 2008
 
Alert 311: Europe - famous marks face extra hurdle to prove infringement after ECJ judgment
December 2008
 
Alert 310: Dubai - landmark decision confirms shape marks can be registered and enforced November 2008
 
Alert 309: Europe - questions remain after EPO decision on patenting of stem cells
November 2008
 
Alert 308: ECJ rules postal and email addresses are not sufficient website contact details
November 2008
 
Alert 307: India - Delhi High Court tackles thorny issue of jurisdiction over website owners
November 2008
 
Alert 306: Thailand - new product liability law will increase consumer protection
November 2008
 
Alert 305: UK - New Trade Mark Rules introduce improvements to trade mark system
October 2008
 
Alert 304: Hong Kong - New Civil Court Procedure will take effect from 2 April 2009
October 2008
 
Alert 303: Software patenting - developments in Singapore and Indonesia
September 2008

Alert 302: Europe - proposed reduction in Community Trade Mark fees
September 2008
 
Alert 301: India - first sound mark application accepted, but procedure still not clear!
September 2008
 
Alert 300: Philippines - new legislation to provide greater access to generic medicines
August 2008

Alert 299: Hong Kong - personal liability for directors of companies infringing copyright
August 2008

Alert 298: UK - High Court considers entitlement to a Supplementary Protection Certificate
August 2008
 
Alert 297: UK - High Court rules on patentability of gene sequences
August 2008
 
Alert 296: Vietnam - first criminal prosecution for trade mark infringement under new law
July 2008
 
Alert 295: Hong Kong - proposed introduction of scale of costs for opposition proceedings
July 2008
 
Alert 294: UK - House of Lords rules on obviousness
July 2008
 
Alert 293: Vietnam - Customs border control procedures introduced
July 2008
 
Alert 292: China - New Zealand company wins kiwi fruit trade mark infringement case
July 2008
 
Alert 291: Syria - IP applicants no longer required to provide Israel Boycott Declarations
June 2008
 
Alert 290: ECJ judgment in O2 bubbles trade mark-comparative advertising case
June 2008
 
Alert 289: Vietnam - guidance issued in relation to civil IP infringement proceedings
June 2008
 
Alert 288: Bangladesh - applications for service mark registration now being accepted
June 2008
 
Alert 287: UK - Court of Appeal rules on novelty of patent claims limited by use
May 2008

Alert 286: UK - Court of Appeal considers privacy rights of children of famous parents
May 2008
 
Alert 285: USA - Trade Representative reviews level of protection among trading partners
May 2008
 
Alert 284: Sunrise period for new '.me' domain begins on 1 May 2008
May 2008
 
Alert 283: Vietnam - guidance issued on criminal prosecutions for IP infringement
April 2008
 
Alert 282: Hong Kong - mandatory nutrition labelling for pre-packaged foods
April 2008
 
Alert 281: Hong Kong - proposals to resolve the problem of 'shadow' companies
April 2008
 
Alert 280: UAE - publication of registrations signals improvement in design system
April 2008
 
Alert 279: China - Beijing Higher People's Court lists its top 10 cases for 2007
April 2008
 
Alert 278: India - IP owners take advantage of Customs recordal system
March 2008
 
Alert 277: Yahoo! - UK decision on sponsored linking
March 2008
 
Alert 276: AG's Opinion on O2 bubbles trade mark-comparative advertising case
March 2008
 
Alert 275: UK - Consumer Protection Regulations not directly enforceable by IP owners
March 2008
 
Alert 274: UK - IPO practice change following Astron Clinica decision on computer programs February 2008
 
Alert 273: Thailand takes steps to improve its intellectual property system
February 2008
 
Alert 272: Boost for European patent system as London Agreement enters into force
February 2008
 
Alert 271: Community Trade Mark applications - rules on national search reports change February 2008
 
Alert 270: UK - guidance from Court of Appeal on staying parallel patent revocation actions January 2008
 
Alert 269: UK introduces option for fast track trade mark examination
January 2008
 
Alert 268: China - IFPI illegal music download case breaks new ground
January 2008
 
Alert 267: China - Court grants well-known status to B&Q's Chinese trade mark
January 2008
 
 
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