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Trademarks
Brinkhof has expanded its trademark practice with the appointment of Sophie Gauquier-Rutgers. 10 April 2018
Trademarks
Fish & Richardson has strengthened its trademark and copyright group with the addition of a former principal and partner at Sutton McAughan Deaver. 10 April 2018
Patents
A trade group representing technology companies including Apple, Amazon and Google has urged the US to build an international coalition to take on China’s trade practices and IP rules instead of focusing on tariffs. 10 April 2018
Jurisdiction reports
On January 10, 2018, the Investigative Authority (IA) of the Federal Commission of Economic Competition (COFECE) published in the Federal Official Gazette a notice that it was initiating a new investigatory procedure on the investigation with file number IO-001-2017. The probe was to determine the existence of an unlawful concentration of companies in the market for the distribution and wholesale of pharmaceutical, personal care and beauty products. 9 April 2018
Patents
Patents and trade secrets seem like opposite sides of a scale. Trade secrets derive their legal protection from their inherently secretive nature, whereas patents can be protected only through disclosure of the invention—the specification in a patent application must describe the invention in a manner that would enable one with ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention without an undue amount of experimentation. 9 April 2018
Jurisdiction reports
Since Naoko Munakata assumed the position as commissioner of the Japan Patent Office (JPO), on July 5, 2017, the JPO’s IP policies have been smoothly and dramatically improved, driven by Munakata’s intelligence and the practical knowledge that she obtained while working for Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. 9 April 2018
Patents
Several of Apple’s watch products have been accused of patent infringement because of their heart rate monitoring system. 9 April 2018
Patents
Japan is seeking to join the US’s World Trade Organization complaint against China over the alleged theft of IP, according to The Japan Times. 9 April 2018
Trademarks
Clothing brand Levi Strauss has gone to war with French luxury house Kenzo over the use of “tabs” on the back pocket of trousers. 9 April 2018
Jurisdiction reports
The Istituto dell’Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria (IAP) is the Italian advertising standards authority, a private body created in 1966 with the aim of ensuring that every marketing communication must be honest, fair and truthful. 9 April 2018
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