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Stories that are tagged 'trademarks'

France Publishes 2011 Patent Applicant Rankings
5/4/2012
The French national institute for industrial property has recently published details of the 2011 rankings for the country’s top patent applicants, based on the number of patents published last year.
US Report Highlights Role of IP in Creating Jobs, Economic Growth
4/13/2012
The Commerce Department has released a comprehensive report, prepared by its Economics and Statistics Administration and United States Patent and Trademark Office, and entitled “Intellectual Property and the US Economy: Industries in Focus”, which focuses on the impact of intellectual property on the American economy and job creation.
NZ Looks To Join International IP Protocol
4/6/2012
New Zealand looks likely to sign an international protocol on the registration of trademarks, as it undertakes an ‘operational preparedness’ test to ready itself.
EU Strengthens IPR Protection Body
3/27/2012
The adoption of a Regulation by the European Parliament and Council is seen to be the first legislative delivery from the strategy of the European Commission towards a single market for intellectual property rights.
International Trademark Filings Set New Record
3/14/2012
2011 saw the highest number of international trademark applications ever filed under the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks with 42,270 applications, or a 6.5% increase compared to 2010.
WIPO Prepares for Launch of New gTLDs
3/12/2012
While trademark holders filed a record number of cybersquatting cases with the World Intellectual Property Organization, pre-emptive measures are being organized to prevent the abusive use of trademarks as generic top-level domains.
French Patent Increase Continues In 2011
2/29/2012
In 2011, the French national institute for industrial property recorded a significant increase in the number of patents registered by businesses in France.
Hong Kong Gazettes IPR Tax Deduction Extension Act
12/20/2011
Hong Kong’s Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 3) Ordinance 2011, which implements the proposed profits tax deduction for capital expenditure incurred on the purchase of copyrights, registered designs and registered trademarks, was gazetted on December 16, 2011.
LDCs Request Extension To Implement IP Frameworks
11/28/2011
Among draft decisions on intellectual property rights set to be tabled at the World Trade Organisation's December ministerial, concessions have been proposed for least developed countries in their efforts to introduce WTO-compliant frameworks for the protection of intellectual property rights.
US, China Conclude Joint Commerce and Trade Meeting
11/24/2011
American representatives at the 22nd session of the United States-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, held in Chengdu, China, announced meaningful progress on key elements of the bilateral trade relationship, but also underscored that much more work remains to be done to open China’s market to US exports and investment.
Taiwan Limits Income Tax Exemption On Royalties
11/22/2011
Taiwan’s National Tax Administration has confirmed that the income tax exemption for royalties paid to foreign enterprises will be limited to the extent of their domestic use.
UK, Mexico Sign IP Agreement
10/27/2011
A Memorandum of Understanding, to improve international cooperation between the two nations on issues involving copyright, patents, trademarks and designs, has been signed between the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property.
USPTO Reduces Patent Backlog
10/26/2011
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has announced preliminary statistics for its fiscal year 2011, during which it said that many of its goals, in both patents and trademarks, were achieved or exceeded.
WIPO Outlines Future International IP Challenges
9/30/2011
At the opening of the annual Assemblies of its member states, the Director General of the World International Property Organization, Francis Gurry, has reviewed the major challenges faced by the international intellectual property community in the coming years.
Virgin Considers Swiss Tax Move
7/29/2011
In a tax-blow to the UK exchequer, the Virgin Group is planning to shift a portion of its operations to Switzerland to maximize tax efficiency.
ECJ Clarifies Trademark Liability Of Online Markets
7/18/2011
The Court of Justice of the European Union, in its ruling in the case of L’Oréal and Others v eBay, has attempted to provide clarification on the liability of companies operating internet marketplaces for trademark infringements committed by their users.
South Korea Joins Trademarks G4
6/13/2011
South Korea will become a full member of the Trilateral Co-operation between the trademark offices of the United States, Europe and Japan, during their next conference later this year.
EU Looks To Revamp IPR Legal Framework
5/26/2011
As it believes that the existing European and national rules on the subject are no longer sufficient and need to be modernised, the European Commission has adopted a comprehensive strategy to revamp the legal framework in which intellectual property rights operate in the European Union.
Congress Calls For End To Chinese IPR Infringements
5/24/2011
Following the release of a report that its members had requested from the United States International Trade Commission, Senate Finance Committee leaders have demanded an end to China’s violations of US intellectual property rights that, it is said, have had a substantial harmful effect on American economic activity and job creation.
International Trademark Filing Recovered Last Year
4/5/2011
It has been disclosed that international trademark activity recovered in 2010 with the World Intellectual Property Organization receiving almost 40,000 applications under the Madrid System for the International Registration of Trademarks, a 12.8% annual growth rate.
WIPO Launches New On-Line Search Tool
3/11/2011
The World Intellectual Property Organization has launched a new on-line tool to make it easier to search over 640,000 records relating to internationally-protected trademarks, appellations of origin, armorial bearings, flags and other state emblems, among other items.
Hong Kong Gazettes IPR Tax Deduction Extension
2/28/2011
A legislative bill, seeking to give effect to the proposed profits tax deduction for capital expenditure incurred on the purchase of copyrights, registered designs and registered trademarks, which was first announced in Hong Kong’s 2010-11 budget, has now been gazetted.
Differing Opinions On Online Piracy At Senate Hearing
2/22/2011
The United States Senate’s Judiciary Committee has recently held a hearing on the targeting of online copyright infringement and the sale of counterfeit goods, at which differing opinions were expressed on proposed legislation to target websites and combat online piracy.
Big Business Attacks Obama Budget
2/17/2011
The Business Roundtable has attacked the inclusion in President Barack Obama’s budget proposals of measures to close international tax breaks available to United States corporations.
Switzerland Leads European Innovation
2/16/2011
According to the European Commission’s Innovation Union Scoreboard 2010, Switzerland once again ranks top among innovating countries in Europe.
UK's Green Patent Initiative Boosting Industry Innovation
12/30/2010
The UK government is providing real benefits to green businesses through its initiative to fast-track patent applications on green inventions, according to UK Intellectual Property Minister, Judith Wilcox.
WIPO Launches On-Line Tool For International Trademark System
12/24/2010
The World Intellectual Property Organization has launched an on-line tool - the Madrid System Goods and Services Manager - that will help trademark applicants in compiling the list of goods and services that must be submitted when filing an international application under the Madrid system for the international registration of marks.
China To Crack Down On IPR Infringement
12/6/2010
With continuing complaints, both domestically and internationally, about the illegal copying of software and other products, the Chinese government has announced that it is undertaking a further six-month anti-piracy campaign.
ACTA Ready For Ratification
11/17/2010
Participants in the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations have announced that the text of the agreement has been finalised and that, following legal verification of its drafting, it will be ready to be submitted to the participants’ respective domestic authorities for ratification.
EFCA Opens Investment Opportunities In China
11/8/2010
Influential figures from the financial services industry in the Far East have discussed the importance of the Economic Co-operation Framework Agreement between China and Taiwan.
Russia's 'Silicon Valley' Gets Green Light
9/15/2010
The Russian Duma passed a bill on tax breaks for Skolkovo, president Dmitry Medvedev’s 'Silicon Valley' innovation project, in the second of three readings. An amendment from the first reading now allows the project timing to be accelerated by offering the tax incentives to prospective participants before they take up residence in Skolkovo.
Taiwan-China ECFA Takes Effect
9/13/2010
The economic cooperation framework agreement between Taiwan and China came into effect on September 12, one day after both sides confirmed that all necessary domestic procedures had been concluded.
UK Ruling Casts Doubt On Parallel Import Blocking
9/1/2010
The success of M-Tech Data in England’s Court of Appeal in fending off a summary judgment previously made in favour for Sun Microsystems (now Oracle America) in the High Court has cast doubt on the functioning of parallel importing and grey markets in Europe.
Swiss Institute Raises SME Awareness Of IP Protection
8/26/2010
Determined to raise awareness among small- and medium-sized enterprises in Switzerland of the importance of protecting intellectual property, the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property has publicized a comprehensive series of new services that are now available, specifically designed to support companies in Switzerland.
Google Changes European AdWords Trademark Policy
8/10/2010
Google will, from next month, allow some advertisers in Europe to use third party trademarks as keywords to generate advertisements under AdWords, even if they do not own that trademark or have explicit approval from the trademark owner to use it.
USPTO Seeks Views On Strategic Plan
7/20/2010
The United States Patent and Trademark Office announced that the period for receiving public comments regarding the agency’s 2010-2015 draft Strategic Plan has been extended until August 2, 2010.
Delhi Court Rules On Transfer Pricing Of Trademarks
7/9/2010
The Delhi High Court has set aside a claim by the Indian income tax authorities that the royalty paid by Maruti Suzuki India to its Japanese parent, Suzuki Motor Corporation, for using the latter’s ‘S’ logo on cars sold in India should be disallowed as a deductible expense.
Counterfeit Goods Depriving Italian Coffers
7/9/2010
Emma Marcegaglia, President of Confindustria, the Italian industrial federation, has underlined the heavy price paid by the Italian economy in reduced taxes and employment through the widespread sales of counterfeit goods.
UK Relaxes Product Placement Rules
7/8/2010
Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, has published proposed new rules to allow product placement on TV and to liberalize the rules on paid-for references to brands and products in radio programmes.
WIPO Advances Work On Industrial Designs
7/6/2010
The World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications has met to address industrial design law issues, and the protection of state names against registration or use as trademarks.
US Announces IP Strategic Plan
6/28/2010
The United States government has announced the launch of the Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement, an initiative aimed at ensuring that the protection if intellectual property rights remains near the top of the Obama administration's political agenda.
US Must Push China To Adopt IP Theft Prevention
6/18/2010
A comprehensive, results-based US trade policy with China is needed to replace the “one-off, issue-by-issue approach that guides the current relationship,” said Robert Holleyman, president and CEO of the Business Software Alliance, in his second session of testimony before the US House Committee on Ways and Means.
China's Lack Of IP Governance Damaging US Innovation
6/16/2010
In testimony before the US International Trade Commission, Business Software Alliance President and CEO, Robert Holleyman said that "China’s pervasive use of unlicensed software and discriminatory ‘indigenous innovation’ policies" hinder job-creating US exports and give Chinese companies an unfair competitive advantage over their American counterparts.
USPTO Teams Up With Google
6/7/2010
David Kappos, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, has announced that the office has entered into a two-year agreement with Google to make electronic patent and trademark data available to the public in bulk form.
Israel Joins International Trademark System
6/4/2010
Israel has joined the international trademark system following the deposit of its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Marks.
US Criticizes China's IP Policies
5/18/2010
US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has once again spoken out against Chinese intellectual property laws which effectively shut out foreign firms from taking part in China's government procurement process.
Concern At EU Trademark Proposals
5/14/2010
Some of Europe's largest trade mark user associations have issued a joint statement urging the European Competitiveness Council not to jump to conclusions when it comes to a revision of the trade mark system in the EU.
China Remains Atop US IP Watchlist
5/4/2010
The Office of the United States Trade Representative has released its annual 'Special 301' Report on the adequacy and effectiveness of US trading partners’ protection of intellectual property rights, which again highlights the prominence of concerns with regards to lax enforcement of IP laws in China.
Tobacco Firms Fight Plain Packaging Rules
5/3/2010
Australian free-market think-tank, the Institute of Public Affairs, has warned that forcing tobacco companies to remove their trademarks from products was equivalent to compulsorily acquiring property.
FBI To Crack Down On IP Crime
4/29/2010
The US Department of Justice has announced the appointment of 15 new Assistant US Attorney positions and 20 FBI Special Agents to be dedicated to combating domestic and international intellectual property crimes.
Congress Challenges China On IP Enforcement
4/22/2010
Two senior United States Senators are seeking a comprehensive government investigation into the effects of China’s intellectual property rights infringement on American jobs and the American economy.
UK Govt Drops Broadband Tax
4/9/2010
The Labour government has abandoned its plans to introduce a GBP6 landline tax to fund improvements in UK broadband infrastructure. The levy was dropped to secure passage of the Digital Britain Bill before parliament is dissolved next Monday.
Court Backs eBay In Trademark Case
4/2/2010
A United States appeals court has ruled eBay did not engage in trademark infringement by allowing counterfeit Tiffany merchandise to be listed for sale on its website, although claims of false advertising against the online auction firm have been passed back to a lower court for further consideration.
ECJ Rules In Google Adwords Case
3/25/2010
Google has not infringed trade mark law by allowing advertisers to purchase keywords corresponding to their competitors’ trade marks, according to the European Court of Justice.
Brands Tackle Cybersquatters
3/23/2010
Demand for the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO’s) dispute resolution services, in particular relating to cybersquatting cases, continued in 2009 with trademark holders filing 2,107 complaints under procedures based on the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.
Financial Crisis Hits Trademark Filings
3/19/2010
International trademark filings under the World Intellectual Property Organization's Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks dropped by 16% in 2009 as a result of the global economic downturn, though increases were observed among some major users of the system, WIPO has announced.

 

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