Introduction of trade mark opposition proceedings in Italy as from 01 July 2011
As from 01 July 2011, it will be possible for trade mark owners to file oppositions in Italy.
China: slamming on the increase in China
Slamming is the coined expression for the deceptive practices used by certain unscrupulous individuals and entities to persuade businesses and in particular trade mark owners to purchase unsolicited services.
New law on country code top-level domains in France and certain of its overseas territories
The law of 22 March 2011, which overhauls the legal framework governing country code top level domains in France and its overseas territories, has now been published and will enter into force on 30 June 2011
Protection of trade marks in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor
Located about 350 miles north of Australia, Timor is an island in the Indonesian Archipelago. This island is divided up into two territories: West Timor, which belongs to Indonesia, and East Timor.
Microsoft brings its advertising sales agency policy in line with Google’s
As the advertising sales agency of Bing and Yahoo!Search, the two most used search engines after Google, Microsoft Advertising announced the liberalization of its keyword registration policy. Starting March 3, 2011, registering trademarks as keywords is now possible within the framework of advertisement campaigns displayed on the Bing and Yahoo!Search search engines.
Trademark rights protection discussions slip through the ICANN/GAC 2011 Brussels conference and into the March 17 San Francisco GAC consultation
The Brussels ICANN Board and Government Advisory Committee (GAC) meeting, scheduled to be an unprecedented consultation on trademark protection and new gTLDs, did not have the success hoped for.
The Trophées du Droit
The Trophées du Droit rewarded Dreyfus & associés
The ICANN Colombia Conference
A Step Forward or Backward for New Internet Domain Name Extensions?
Google AdWords – Evolution of the trademark protection policy in the countries of the European Union and EFTA as from September 14, 2010
Google has decided to change its AdWords policy in the countries of the European Union and EFTA so that it is close to the one already in place in most other countries. This change took place as from September 14, 2010.
Striped toothpaste trademark registration upheld
The Canadian Federal Court rejected Proctor & Gamble’s (P&G) opposition to Colgate-Palmolive Canada’s (Colgate) trademark registration of a striped toothpaste design.