Porsche AG: (Class 46), WIPO: Yell Limited v Yell.travel: domain name yell.travel to be transferred to Yell Limited: (Class 46), Some see rise in non-traditional trade marks; national registries not yet: (Intellectual Property Watch)   Global - Patents Lower patentability standards – strategic responses: (IP Thinktank), IP Business Congress sees Finnish inventor become a millionaire: (IAM), Ron Slusky: Five prescriptions for effectively analysing an invention and then… [read post]

(Class 46)   New Zealand Two for one in the House: Treaties and Anti-Counterfeiting Bill (International Law Office)   South Africa 'Softlifting' adds to South African piracy woes (Afro-IP)   Spain 'Theory of consumer error' rejected in criminal trade mark proceedings in Spain (Class 46)   Switzerland Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE) reports progress in quest for improving legal protection for ‘Made in… [read post]

The United States Court of Appeals explained its understanding of complexity that should remove a case from the province of the seventh amendment: “A suit is too complex for a jury when circumstances render the jury unable to decide in a proper manner. [read post]

  By the early 1990s, we were down to just 20 AAAs, and at the dawn of our new millennium you could count America’s AAA-rated companies on two hands even if you’d lost a finger… only 9 remained. [read post]