Intellectual Property Alerts
Regular client briefings on Intellectual Property developments around the world
- Issue 298: UK – High Court considers entitlement to a Supplemental Protection Certificate
21 August 2008 / Intellectual Property Rearch Unit - Issue 297: UK – High Court rules on patentability of gene sequences
06 August 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 296 : Vietnam – first criminal prosecution for trade mark infringement under new law
31 July 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 295: Hong Kong – proposed introduction of scale of costs for opposition proceedings
28 July 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 294: UK - House of Lords rules on obviousness
16 July 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 293: Vietnam - Customs border control procedures introduced
09 July 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 292 - China – New Zealand company wins kiwi fruit trade mark infringement case
08 July 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 291: Syria – IP applicants no longer required to provide Israel Boycott Declaration
24 June 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 290: ECJ judgment in O2 bubbles trade mark/comparative advertising case
17 June 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 289: Vietnam – guidance issued in relation to civil IP infringement proceedings
13 June 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 288: Bangladesh – applications for service mark registration now being accepted
05 June 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 287: UK - Court of Appeal rules on novelty of patent claims limited by use
23 May 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 286: UK - Court of Appeal considers privacy rights of children of famous parents
19 May 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 285: USA - Trade Representative reviews levels of IP protection among trading partners
08 May 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 284: Sunrise period for new ‘.me’ domain begins on 1 May 2008
08 May 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 283: Vietnam – guidance issued on criminal prosecutions for IP infringement
25 April 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 282: Hong Kong – mandatory nutrition labelling for pre-packaged foods
23 April 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 281: Hong Kong – proposals to resolve the problem of ‘shadow’ companies
21 April 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 280: UAE – publication of registrations signals improvements in design system
18 April 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 279: China - Beijing Higher People’s Court lists its top 10 IP cases for 2007
16 April 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 278: India - IP owners take advantage of Customs recordal system
31 March 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 277: Yahoo! – UK decision on sponsored linking and trade mark infringement
14 March 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 276: AG’s Opinion in O2 bubbles trade mark/comparative advertising case
10 March 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 275: UK – Consumer Protection Regulations not directly enforceable by IP owners
06 March 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 274: UK - IPO practice change follows Astron Clinica decision on computer programs
29 February 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 273: Thailand takes steps to improve its intellectual property system
26 February 2008 / Intellectual Propery Research Unit - Issue 272: Boost for European patent system as London Agreement enters into force
19 February 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 271: Community Trade Mark applications – rules on national search reports change
15 February 2008 / - Issue 270: UK - guidance from Court of Appeal on staying parallel patent revocation actions
31 January 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 269: UK introduces option for fast track trade mark examination
25 January 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 268: China - IFPI ‘illegal music download’ case breaks new ground
11 January 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 267: China – Court grants ‘well-known’ status to B&Q’s Chinese trade mark
08 January 2008 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 266: New Customs duties on royalties and licence fees relating to imported goods?
December 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 265: Europe - Community Design system is linked to WIPO's international system
19 November 2007 / Intellectual Property Reserach Unit - Issue 264: UK - new company name provisions come to the aid of brand owners
13 November 2007 / Intellectual Peoperty Research Unit - Issue 263: UK - House of Lords determines patent entitlement dispute
02 November 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 262: UK - High Court finds Monsanto patent not infringed by imported GM soya meal
19 October 2007 / Intellecutal Property Research Unit - Issue 261: UK - Ct of Appeal finds Community design not infringed by ‘Air-Wick’ spray
12 October 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 260 : Permissible & impermissible free riding - UK Ct of Appeal decision in L’Oreal case
11 October 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 259 - UK - 3 October deadline for further Nominet domain name consultation
28 September 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 258 - China – Pfizer wins another round in long-running VIAGRA battle
20 September 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - issue 257 - Massive piracy ring smashed in China and the US
03 September 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - issue 256 - Hong Kong – important changes to copyright laws (cont’d)
14 August 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - issue 255 - China – new employment law will affect employee ‘non-compete’ clauses
01 August 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - issue 254 - Sunrise period for new '.Asia' top level domain begins in October 2007
31 July 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - issue 253 - Hong Kong – important changes to copyright laws
27 July 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 252: UK - Court of Appeal adopts a 'human rights' approach in trade mark action
29 June 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - issue 251: Vietnam – changes to opposition procedures
21 June 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 250: China - IFPI succeeds in 'illegal music download' case against China Yahoo!
25 May 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 249: UK - House of Lords decides confidentiality claim in favour of OK!
21 May 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - issue 248: China - that 'domain name registry' email may not be as helpful as it looks!
17 May 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 247: Google recovers ‘gmail’ domain name under India’s dispute resolution policy
04 May 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 246: Thailand – IP Court takes a liberal approach to trade mark descriptiveness
27 April 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 245: UK Court of Appeal considers effect of later EPO patent invalidity decision
25 April 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 244: UK – interim injunction granted in confidential information case
13 April 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 243: China - Courts willing to make property preservation Orders in IP cases
29 March 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 242: Indonesia – multi-class trade mark applications now being accepted
16 March 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 241: Indonesia and Timor Leste – update on recent IP developments
13 March 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 240: UK – Court of Appeal considers ‘implied consent’ in parallel importation case
5 March 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 239: UK – legislation to protect official sponsors of 2012 London Olympics
01 February 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 238: deadline for Nominet Dispute Resolution Service consultation
31 January 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 237: UK Court of Appeal allows L’Oreal to challenge trade mark validity
22 January 2007 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 236: UK – publication of the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property
20 December 2006 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 235: UK – revisions to registered design system are attractive to applicants
10 December 2006 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 234: UK – proposal for important change to trade mark law
1 December 2006 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 233: UK – staying patent actions pending outcome of EPO opposition proceedings
1 December 2006 / Intellectual Property Research Unit - Issue 232: European Community Trade Marks – Bulgaria and Romania join the EU
25 November 2006 / The Intellectual Property Research Unit
