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Private labels need to be carefully designed so that they don’t mimic those of popular brands too closely, registrants at the Annual Meeting heard yesterday. Sarah Morgan reports. 23 May 2017
Copyright
The European Union Intellectual Property Office has a lot on its plate, especially as a new batch of trademark reforms are set to come into force later this year, as Luis Berenguer, Member of the Executive Director’s Cabinet and Spokesperson of the Office, tells Sarah Morgan. 23 May 2017
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The majority of WIPR readers have hailed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), which recently turned one year old, as a success. 22 May 2017
Patents
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) will investigate nine companies, including vacuum makers Hoover and Black and Decker, following a complaint by technology company iRobot Corporation. 22 May 2017
Trademarks
Foreign trademark attorneys should follow a number of best filing practices when working in China, as Lynn Wang of NTD Intellectual Property Attorneys, Catherine Wang of Dayup Intellectual Property and Allen Baden of Edge Law Group explain. 22 May 2017
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The tobacco industry may have lost battles against plain packaging, but the war is not over, say the Co-Chairs of INTA’s 2017 Brands Restrictions Presidential Task Force, Kathryn Park and Burkhart Goebel, and INTA Chief Policy Officer Bruce MacPherson, in an interview with Sarah Morgan. 22 May 2017
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Plain tobacco packaging legislation has been implemented in countries including Australia and the United Kingdom, and while India has made moves to follow suit, there is as yet no sign of any such laws. Naomi Jeffreys reports ahead of a special session at the Annual Meeting. 22 May 2017
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Representatives from the five trademark offices known as the TM5 came together to discuss bad-faith trademark filing yesterday, with the focus on using case studies to formulate enforcement strategies. 22 May 2017
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Issues such as the European Union, the protection of trade secrets, the fight against counterfeits, and anti-piracy education were highlighted by speakers during the Annual Meeting’s Opening Ceremony yesterday. Sarah Morgan reports. 22 May 2017
Trademarks
A passing off dispute in India has clarified the main points that rights owners should follow when seeking to defend a trademark, as Geetanjali Visvanathan of Anand and Anand explains. 22 May 2017
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