A new academic paper argues that Amazon has upended the US trademark system with little public recognition, and that questions about trademark law in the modern age need answering.
IP Vietnam recently implemented new initiatives to support IP applicants by slashing fees and accepting correspondences after deadlines have passed.
In a major update, INPI CEO Pascal Faure outlines the innovative tools and services that the office has in place – and those it is developing for the future.
On the basis that trademark filings indicate – to someextent – how much trademark work firms handle, wetake a look at the top 20 Canadian filers of trademarkapplications and at their trademark practices.
15 March 2007
Canada is a G8 country with a distinctive trademarksystem and a competitive market for legal services.Throw in a long, heavily populated border with theUnited States and you have a jurisdiction that fewrights owners can afford to ignore.
15 March 2007
Much is being made of the implementation in theEuropean Union of the IP Enforcement Directive.But what will the directive change in practice?
15 March 2007
Trademarks in Canada are administered by theTrademarks Branch of the Canadian IntellectualProperty Office. Current challenges include dealingwith delays in the opposition procedure and assessingthe potential benefits of signing up to several majorinternational trademark agreements.
15 March 2007
Problems, recurrent and new, hindering theenforcement of rights continue to obscure the horizonfor mark owners operating in or wishing to enter theChinese market. However, positive developments arebrightening the landscape and should also beacknowledged.
15 March 2007
15 March 2007
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