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USPTO and SIPO Announce Launch of Landmark Patent Prosecution Highway Pilots

USPTO and SIPO Announce Launch of Landmark Patent Prosecution Highway Pilots

Pilots will reduce patent backlogs and increase examination efficiency

Pilots will reduce patent backlogs and increase examination efficiency
USPTO and the Icelandic Patent Office to Partner on Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot

USPTO and the Icelandic Patent Office to Partner on Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot

New pilot project will promote efficiency and higher quality

New pilot project will promote efficiency and higher quality
Turkish Practice amended for retail services (Class 35 – Nice Classification)

Turkish Practice amended for retail services (Class 35 – Nice Classification)

Turkey has recently taken a parallel step to the famous “Praktiker” judgment of the European Court of Justice and the corresponding practice of European Union for the registration of trade marks for retail services. It is henceforth possible to register a national trade mark for the retail services for specific goods, type of goods or […]

Turkey has recently taken a parallel step to the famous “Praktiker” judgment of the European Court of Justice and the corresponding practice of European Union for the registration of trade marks for retail services. It is henceforth possible to register a national trade mark for the retail services for specific goods, type of goods or […]
USPTO Seeking Comments on Future Locations for Satellite Offices

USPTO Seeking Comments on Future Locations for Satellite Offices

Detroit Office Planned for Second Half of 2012; Agency Seeks Comments on Additional Locations

Detroit Office Planned for Second Half of 2012; Agency Seeks Comments on Additional Locations
Levi’s Triumphs in First-instance Trademark Dispute Case

Levi’s Triumphs in First-instance Trademark Dispute Case

  The Shanghai Pudong District People’s Court recently entered the first-instance judgment on trademark infringement lodged by Levi Strauss, ordering four defendants to cease infringement and indemnify 350,000 yuan in damages. The plaintiff claimed that the double-arc design on their products is a registered trademark. However it discovered that a similar pattern was used on […]

Levi's Triumphs in First-instance Trademark Dispute Case

Levi’s Triumphs in First-instance Trademark Dispute Case

The Shanghai Pudong District People’s Court recently entered the first-instance judgment on trademark infringement lodged by Levi Strauss, ordering four defendants to cease infringement and indemnify 350,000 yuan in damages. The plaintiff claimed that the double-arc design on their products is a registered trademark. However it discovered that a similar pattern was used on a […]

The new Law on Trademarks in Montenegro

The new Law on Trademarks in Montenegro

The new Law on Trademarks in Montenegro (hereinafter: the “Law”) has been adopted by the Parliament of Montenegro, and it entered into force on the 16 December 2010. A change of significant importance for all holders of trademark rights in Montenegro should be highlighted. It concerns trademarks that were registered before 28 May 2008, (this […]

The new Law on Trademarks in Montenegro

The new Law on Trademarks in Montenegro

The new Law on Trademarks in Montenegro (hereinafter: the “Law”) has been adopted by the Parliament of Montenegro, and it entered into force on the 16 December 2010. A change of significant importance for all holders of trademark rights in Montenegro should be highlighted. It concerns trademarks that were registered before 28 May 2008, (this […]

The new Law on Trademarks in Montenegro (hereinafter: the “Law”) has been adopted by the Parliament of Montenegro, and it entered into force on the 16 December 2010. A change of significant importance for all holders of trademark rights in Montenegro should be highlighted. It concerns trademarks that were registered before 28 May 2008, (this […]
China Ranks Sixth in International Trademark Registration

China Ranks Sixth in International Trademark Registration

China became the world’s sixth largest applicant for international trademark registration this year, up one place from 2010, said Wang Binying, deputy director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) at the 4th China Trademark Festival held in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province on September 6. Wang said that the country is […]

Apple Bites Back with 40 Patents Granted in China

Apple Bites Back with 40 Patents Granted in China

  One of the most pirated brands in China now has more local protection after Apple was granted 40 design patents on Sept 9 by China’s Patent Office. The patents cover 37 of its products including the iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air, as well as the architecture of its three stores in Shanghai. Most of […]

Chinese Patent Documentation Become Must-search in PCT Examination

Chinese Patent Documentation Become Must-search in PCT Examination

  SIPO’s proposal on incorporating Chinese patent documentation in PCT minimum documentation was passed at the PCT Union of the 49th Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO held at Geneva, Switzerland on September 29. With this in effect, PCT member states are required to search Chinese patent documentation (invention) when performing examination for PCT […]

USPTO and EPO Launch New Website for the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Project

USPTO and EPO Launch New Website for the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Project

Washington/Munich – In their efforts to promote harmonization in the field of patents, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have launched a dedicated website for the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) initiative.  CPC is a joint project aimed at developing a classification scheme for inventions that will be used […]

Washington/Munich – In their efforts to promote harmonization in the field of patents, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have launched a dedicated website for the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) initiative.  CPC is a joint project aimed at developing a classification scheme for inventions that will be used […]
USPTO and EPO Launch New Website for the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Project

USPTO and EPO Launch New Website for the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Project

Washington/Munich – In their efforts to promote harmonization in the field of patents, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have launched a dedicated website for the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) initiative.  CPC is a joint project aimed at developing a classification scheme for inventions that will be used […]

The new Law on Trademarks in Montenegro

The new Law on Trademarks in Montenegro

The new Law on Trademarks in Montenegro (hereinafter: the “Law”) has been adopted by the Parliament of Montenegro, and it entered into force on the 16 December 2010. A change of significant importance for all holders of trademark rights in Montenegro should be highlighted. It concerns trademarks that were registered before 28 May 2008, (this […]

Anheuser-Busch triumphed against Budweiser Budvar in Argentina

Anheuser-Busch triumphed against Budweiser Budvar in Argentina

The dispute among both breweries comes from a long time ago, and even it was spoken about an acquisition attempt in the beginning of the nineties. Budejovicky Budvar says that is entitled of using the name Budweiser, because it refers to Ceske Budejovice’s Czech city, known as Budweis in German. While Anheuser-Busch affirms that it […]

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