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Jurisdiction reports
Since 2003, the national legislator has dictated specific sanctions against the use of “made in Italy” and any other signs or pictures, including trademarks, which may lead consumers to infer an Italian origin of a product when it is not Italian. References have been made to the Italian flag and pictures of famous monuments (the Roman Colosseum, the cathedral and tower of Florence, etc). 19 May 2018
Patents
IP Centrum is changing IP services. WIPR caught up with CEO Simon de Banke to discuss how ‘different’ can be ‘better’ for renewals, European patent validations and beyond. 19 May 2018
Patents
The US Supreme Court has decided not to review a patent case concerning podcasts, in a win for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. 18 May 2018
Trademarks
A company owned by actress Jessica Alba has failed to prevent the registration of a trademark in the UK. 18 May 2018
Copyright
A New York-based fashion designer has accused shopping channel QVC of copying her slimming jeans, called SkinnyJeans. 18 May 2018
Trademarks
China is on course to overtake the US as the world’s leading source of trademark applications filed on foreign registers by 2020, according to new research by CompuMark. 18 May 2018
Patents
In Japan, there are two different types of exclusive-use licences relating to patents: (1) a senyo jisshiken (a registered exclusive licence), and (2) a dokusenteki tsujo jisshiken (a semi-exclusive licence). 18 May 2018
Jurisdiction reports
Few would have imagined a decade or two ago that an industry supporting legal marijuana use in the US would be expected to exceed more than $20 billion by the end of this decade. Yet here we are, with a majority of states now allowing the medical use of cannabis. Some states now also permit the recreational use of pot. 18 May 2018
Jurisdiction reports
Mexico’s IP system is organised and implemented by the Mexican Institute for Industrial Property (IMPI), an administrative body, handling and granting IP registrations. 18 May 2018
Jurisdiction reports
European trademark law is changing as a result of the so-called ‘trademark reform package’, which contains a new regulation (2017/1001) on European Union trademarks and a new directive (2015/2436). 18 May 2018
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