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Streamlined procedures at the IP offices in Russia and Eurasia can greatly reduce patent examination times, say Alexey Nosov and Victor Lisovenko of Patentica. 20 September 2018
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Law firm Hogan Lovells has appointed IP lawyer Stefan Schuppert to the newly-created role of managing partner for Germany. 20 September 2018
Trademarks
UK-based Virgin Enterprises Limited yesterday accused a “fictitious” entity of infringing its ‘Virgin’ trademark. 20 September 2018
Patents
The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board yesterday handed a win to Microsoft, finding that the technology company had shown the unpatentability of a mobile software patent. 20 September 2018
Trademarks
Non-traditional trademarks, including those for motions and flavours, were the subject of a panel discussion today at the 2018 Marques Annual Conference in Paris. 20 September 2018
Trademarks
German company Maico lost a trademark opposition case at the EU General Court today, with the court dismissing its appeal against a European Union Intellectual Property Office decision. 20 September 2018
Patents
Singapore and China have announced plans to establish an IP innovation service centre in the “Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City”, aimed at linking the innovation ecosystems of both countries more closely. 20 September 2018
Trademarks
The Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy is an efficient and inexpensive way for brand owners to recover unauthorised and damaging domain names, according to Aimee Gessner, senior trademark counsel at BMW. 20 September 2018
Trademarks
Lawyers should work closely with marketing professionals to ensure that newly developed products have a unique, protectable design, according to in-house counsel at Nestlé and Red Bull. 19 September 2018
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The European Commission published proposals yesterday to help the World Trade Organization get out of its “deepest crisis yet”, saying forced technology transfer has become a “major trade irritant”. 19 September 2018
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