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Trademarks
The US Customs and Border Protection has announced that it seized numerous pieces of counterfeit designer jewellery. 21 May 2018
Trademarks
The Cayman Islands’ new trademark law, which came into effect in August 2017, has brought important positive changes, even if there were a few bumps in the road, as Sophie Davies of HSM explains. 21 May 2018
Patents
Pat-KM provides access to global patent data with integrated workflow for monitoring, classification and dissemination of relevant patent records, say James Cooper and Caitlin Kavanagh of Minesoft. 21 May 2018
Patents
A patent case filed against Apple and its watch products provides some interesting food for thought, says Paul J Sutton of Sutton Magidoff. 21 May 2018
Patents
The “two-prong” test under the existing patent law framework makes it difficult to enforce a GUI design patent. To do this, certain changes will have to be made to the law, says Xiaojun Guo of CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office. 21 May 2018
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The battle to protect Champagne as an IP right spans much farther than the sparkling wine’s native France, as Charles Goemaere, Director of Economic and Legal Affairs at the Comité Champagne, tells Ed Conlon. 20 May 2018
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Geographical indications (GIs) protect things we all love—including food and drink—but upholding that protection is no easy feat. Aislinn Burton talks to four GI insiders, including several speaking on panels at the Annual Meeting, about the challenges in registering and enforcing GIs. 20 May 2018
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The Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office is raising awareness of the importance of trademark rights, while also warning businesses about the risk of counterfeiting, as Director General Ermias Yemanebirhan tells Aaron McDonald. 20 May 2018
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After taking off in Seattle, The Boeing Company rose to number one in the aerospace industry, facing many IP challenges along the way, says Senior Counsel David Shenk in an interview with Aislinn Burton. 20 May 2018
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While Africa’s legal systems have a strong basis for protecting traditional cultural expressions, more needs to be done to establish links between brands and indigenous communities, as Sarah Morgan reports. 20 May 2018
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