Via: WIPO

The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Mr. Francis Gurry, welcomed the ratification by the United States of America (USA) on October 1, 2008 of the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks, an international treaty on trademarks that streamlines and modernizes certain trademark office procedures.  (Read more…)

Via: Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft microsoft is being targeted by a startup company going by the name ‘G.ho.st en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.ho.st ’ in an apparent claim that Microsoft is violating a company trademark. The violation in question has to do with use of phrases such as “no walls” in its US$300 million Windows en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows marketing and advertising campaign. (Read more…)

Via: Xinhuanet

by: Michael Coyle, Lawdit Solicitors Limited

We have all seen ads or films where the material contains other brands. But what is the legal position? (Read more…)

Via: WIPO

Designers from the sixteen member states of the African Intellectual Property Organization (known by its French acronym OAPI - Organisation africaine de la propriété intellectuelle) will, from January 1, 2009, benefit from a 90% reduction in fees prescribed under the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs, an international treaty administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) that helps designers acquire protection for their designs in multiple countries. (Read more…)

Via: ag-IP-news

PARIS - Business leaders from Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP), an initiative of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), welcomed news that the European Council has established a European Observatory on Counterfeiting, a press release by the ICC stated. (Read more…) 

Via: WIPO