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Slogans and trade marks

Adopting marks consisting of a slogan is becoming more frequent every day. These types of trade mark which we call slogan-marks are admissible in Italy on the condition that they possess the requisites provided for by the Italian Trade Mark Law for registration (a trade mark has to b distinctive and not deceptive, etc).

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

A new era in the EU

Frits Bolkestein, the new European commissioner in charge of intellectual property, is in for a bumpy ride. With controversial issues piling up in his in-tray, and close attention from the European parliament and industry guaranteed, he has a lot to prove. Ralph Cunningham reports

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

IP collateral: an emerging financing tool

IP managers are always looking for new means of financing. Carmen R Eggleston and Susan Barbieri Montgomery say collateralization can be an attractive option, especially if managers have made their IP more attractive to lenders

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

International exhaustion and public health

As parallel importers put pressure on European governments to relax rules on the grey market, Tony Willoughby argues that international exhaustion will inevitably lead to the spread of counterfeit drugs

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Universities win right to claim inventors’ IP

As the clock winds down for 1999, researchers in Denmark have to hurry if they want to keep their IP rights for their inventions. The Danish parliament passed a new act on May 25 1999 with effect from July 1 1999. This act applies to inventions made after January 1 2000, and gives an employer (the institution or university) the option to claim the IP rights for an invention made by an employee (the researcher).

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Parallel imports important update

MIP (April 1999) reported the decision in Montana Tyres Rims and Tubes Pty Ltd v Transport Tyre Sales Pty Ltd. The appeal decision of the Full Federal Court has now been published.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Threatening behaviour

The English law of threats enables a defendant to turn the tables on his attacker. But is it working? In the light of new litigation rules and the spread of domain name conflicts, Mark Elmslie calls for reform

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

News In Brief

In Court, Legislation, Moves

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

A model of modern innovative licensing

Is it possible to reconcile proprietary rights with the need for industry standards? Brian N Kearsey and John MacNaughton reveal how the telecoms industry has achieved the impossible – and set an example for other sectors

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

China sides with foreign trade mark owners

Cases concerning infringement of overseas companies’ trade marks in China jumped by more than 30% in the first half of this year compared to the first six months of 1998, according to a report from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) in Beijing. Out of a total of 713 breaches of trade mark law throughout China in the first six months of this year, 690 cases concerned marks owned by foreign companies.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

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