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- Brand Protection in Russia
- The Russian civil code defines a trademark as a sign which serves to individualize goods and services of legal entities and entrepreneurs. In other words, a trademark is a perceptible sign which is ca
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- Points of Attention to Get a Patent in Russia after the Recent Revision of the Civil Code
- Article 1376 requires that the claims of a utility model application relate to a single utility model viz., it will no longer be possible to file a group of utility models in a single application.
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- Understandings on Injunctions for Standard-Essential Patents
- In the Memorial Hall of Marquis Zhuge Liang in Chengdu, Sichuan Province there is a well-known couplet written by Zhao Fan who lived at the end of the Qing Dynasty and in the early Republic of China.
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- The New Trademark Opposition System In Mexico
- On August 29, 2016, a new opposition system will enter into force in Mexico. According to some critics it is unique. In fact the author of this article agrees to this opinion.
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- Artist’s Resale Right: Building Block for A Successful and Fair Art Market
- Draft revisions to the Copyright Law propose introducing an Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) to China. Before the UK introduced an ARR in 2006 there was significant debate amongst artists, auction houses,
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- Technical Supporting System in Patent Case Trial
- In the era of knowledge economy, science and technology advance rapidly. Accordingly, this era has witnessed an upward trend in the number of patent infringement disputes. According to the statistics,
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- Best Strategies for Patent Protection in Europe in the Advent of the Unified Patent System – The Status in Late 2015
- Although the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich, in accordance with the “European Patent Convention (EPC)” which constitutes a special agreement within the meaning of the Paris Convention...
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- Recent Developments in European Union Trademark Law
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- The Rights of Prior User of Unregistered Trademarks and Liability for Civil Compensation for Trademark Infringement
- China has a “first-to-file” system for trademark protection, but the new Trademark Law which took effect as of 1 May 2014 for the first time provides for the prior right to...
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- An over view of trademark oppositions in the United States (II)
- This two-part article is intended to provide a brief overview of the trademark opposition procedure in the United States. Part I covered considerations for preparing and filing an opposition...