http://dva.2010.managingip.comhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/ManagingTradeMarks©2011 Managing Intellectual Property60Managing Trade MarksIncreased efforts to curb online distribution of counterfeit drugs led to the seizure of 2.3 million counterfeit pills last year, according to a report from the so-called US IP tsar http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2769964/IP-tsar-targets-fake-drugs.htmlTue, 15 Feb 2011 22:44:00 GMThttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2756690/Two-from-Manatt-Phelps-head-to-K-L-Gates.htmlThu, 27 Jan 2011 01:29:00 GMTAntónio Campinos takes over the presidency of OHIM at a time of great change in the development of trade marks in Europe. Here are five key challenges he faces http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2681324/Five-challenges-for-Campinos.htmlFri, 01 Oct 2010 20:52:00 GMTBusinesses will have to take more of the burden of tackling fakes in the fashion industry, according to the author of a controversial study on attitudes to counterfeitinghttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2664971/Interview-David-Wall-on-fashion-fakes.htmlFri, 10 Sep 2010 12:03:00 GMTA New York judge has given trade mark owners the green light to claim jurisdiction in New York against online sellers of counterfeit goods operating elsewhere, in certain circumstanceshttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2646413/Chlo-wins-jurisdiction-battle-with-online-counterfeit-seller.htmlThu, 05 Aug 2010 02:00:00 GMTRecent decisions by Europe’s highest court have emboldened Google to allow companies to use competitors’ trade marks as keywords in Europehttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2644914/Google-extends-keyword-policy-to-Europe.htmlWed, 04 Aug 2010 16:22:00 GMTA British court has ruled that a rights owner does not need to point to a specific example when alleging that parallel imports infringe its trade mark http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2642913/Honda-decision-finds-trap-purchase-not-always-necessary.htmlMon, 02 Aug 2010 15:02:00 GMTCooley has hired former Paul Hastings partner Ronald Lemieux as a partner in its IP litigation practice in Palo Altohttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2641664/Cooley-lures-litigator-from-Paul-Hastings.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTUS brewery Anheuser-Busch has failed in its last-ditch attempt to register Budweiser as a Community trade markhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2641091/No-Budweiser-CTM-for-Anheuser-Busch-says-CJ.htmlThu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTTrade mark clearance service CT Corsearch has acquired Edital, a European brand management company. http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2636721/Edital-bought-by-CT-Corsearch.htmlFri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe high-profile battle between Google and Louis Vuitton over the use of keyword advertising is not yet over, after France’s highest court sent the dispute back to the Paris Court of Appealshttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2636917/Frances-top-court-rules-in-Google-AdWords-case.htmlFri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTIn a decision that could have far-reaching implications, a California court has declared that a car broker’s use of the mark Lexus in two domains is nominative fair usehttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2634886/Use-of-Lexus-mark-in-brokers-domain-name-is-fair-use.htmlWed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2634917/Blogger-questions-counterfeiting-data.htmlWed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTTwo former IP partners from the Hong Kong office of DLA Piper are joining Norton Rose http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2633862/Norton-Rose-boosts-Hong-Kong-office-with-DLA-hires.htmlTue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTA bid for additional funding, a lofty long-term strategic plan and a proposal for a new patent examination system all highlight the USPTO’s claim that change is critical to the Office’s future economic healthhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2633869/USPTO-funding-plans-under-scrutiny.htmlTue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTACTA will not criminalise any new types of IPR infringement, according to Luc Devigne, one of the leading EU negotiators of the agreementhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2633226/Devigne-sets-out-EU-priorities-for-ACTA.htmlMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTDisagreement between the EU and the US over the scope of any Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) became clear this week, after the EU’s chief negotiator said he “strongly disagreed” with proposals that it only cover copyright and trade marks http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2632903/Negotiators-reach-impasse-over-ACTA.htmlMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe unique sound of the vuvuzela will be one of the abiding memories of the 2010 World Cup. But, ask Richard Plaistowe and Toby Smith, who owns the IP rights to it?http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2628434/Comment-Who-owns-the-vuvuzela.htmlMon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTAfter almost eight years, Mars Australia has managed to obtain a trade mark registration for the colour purple for cat foodhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2628482/Green-light-for-Whiskas-purple-trade-mark.htmlMon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2628481/Griffith-Hack-expands-in-Perth.htmlMon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTDrinks company Diageo is to use the value in its whisky brands to top up its pension scheme, in the latest example of pension funds being funded by non-traditional assets http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2628534/Intangible-assets-fuel-Diageo-pension-deal.htmlMon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2628485/USPTO-seeks-comments-on-five-year-plan.htmlMon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTYesterday’s decision by Europe’s highest court has left open the question of how national courts will interpret an internet user’s confusion about where a Google AdWords advertisement originates, according to European practitionershttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2627838/Portakabin-case-leaves-national-courts-to-decide-user-confusion.htmlFri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTEurope’s highest court has struck another blow for advertisers in its latest decision concerning trade mark infringement in Google’s AdWords programmehttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2627656/CJ-sets-outs-AdWords-defence-in-Portakabin-case.htmlFri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2624879/LOral-in-house-counsel-moves-to-Lacoste.htmlTue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTChina’s Trade Mark Office has caused uncertainty for brand owners by introducing and then partly rescinding stringent new requirements for filing documentshttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2624883/New-Chinese-trade-mark-rules-cause-chaos.htmlTue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTGermany’s highest civil court, the Bundesgerichtshof, has published its full decision in the Opel Blitz II case, which it ruled on in January. http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2624295/German-court-outlines-trade-mark-function-rules-in-Opel-case.htmlMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTBrand owners may soon be able to pay to showcase their products in TV programmes shown in the UK, after the country’s communications watchdog said it proposes to allow product placementhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2624314/UK-to-relax-product-placement-rules.htmlMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTMore than 300 delegates attended a two-day event in Beijing this week to help Chinese companies to register, protect and enforce their IP abroadhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2623519/Chinese-companies-learn-to-protect-IP-abroad.htmlFri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe PCT, Section 337, Bilski, the rise of China, the EPO, litigation in Europe and strategies in southeast Asia – speakers at the China-International IP Forum covered a wide range of topics. Here’s a selection of their commentshttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2623482/The-China-International-IP-Forum-in-quotes.htmlFri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT