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The Romanian Law no 84/1998 on Trade Marks and Geographical Indications introduces major changes in the conditions of extinction of trade marks rights.

Secondary evidence can play a vital role in patent litigation.

Japan’s Supreme Court has just given the go-ahead to generics to use patented inventions for testing.

Wasted opportunties The last few weeks have seen domain names take centre stage with a major WIPO report on the subject and the liberalization of the registration process. But, Ralph Cunningham discovers, not everybody is happy

Though the NBA seeks to promote its brand abroad, looking after its rights in the US is still a critical part of Kathryn Barrett Park’s job.

Intellectual property owners could slash more than £50,000 ($80,500) from their costs in a UK High Court patent trial following a May decision by the Lord Chancellor to grant patent agents certain litigation rights.

Since Estonia started EU accession negotiations in April 1998, one of the main tasks has been to harmonize Estonian legislation with EU Law. Although in the beginning of 1998 the Estonian Trade Mark Law was extensively amended to comply with the Harmonization Directive 89/104 and CTM Regulation No 40/94, there are still remarkable differences.

In Australian pre-grant patent opposition proceedings, grounds available to the opponent include lack of inventive step. Lack of inventive step is established if it is shown that the invention claimed would have been obvious to a non-inventive skilled worker, equipped with the common general knowledge (CGK) in the field of the invention in Australia at the priority date of the application. CGK is that which is part of the ordinary equipment of all persons engaged in the relevant art. The nature of the CGK must be established by evidence. An appropriate deponent for this purpose is clearly a non-inventive skilled worker in the field of the invention.

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