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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
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
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
Trademarks
Trademark owners cannot oppose a parallel importer’s further commercialisation of a medical device in its original packaging when a label that has been added to the packaging does not threaten the trademarked device’s guarantee of origin. 17 May 2018
Trademarks
The value of the global market for anti-counterfeit packaging technologies is expected to reach $357.9 billion by 2026, according to a new report. 17 May 2018
Patents
US technology company TiVo has signed a “multi-year” IP licensing deal with Fnac Darty, a European retailer of entertainment and leisure products, consumer electronics and household appliances. 17 May 2018
Patents
IBM has assigned 41 patents and one pending application to Finjan Blue, a subsidiary of cybersecurity company Finjan Holdings, which owns IP covering cybersecurity. 17 May 2018
Patents
As artificial intelligence continues to progress at breakneck pace, there are questions about whether IP law can keep pace. WIPR speaks to Patrick Courtney, board member at Standards in Laboratory Automation, to find out more. 17 May 2018
Trademarks
With the rise of 3D printing, does the present scope of a trademark right protect a proprietor if and when it becomes more common among consumers to print various goods at home? Max Oker-Blom of ECTA reports. 17 May 2018
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