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    Genuine Use of a CTM in the Community in ONEL v OMEL

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    The Court of Justice decision has today issued in the much anticipated ONEL v OMEL case on the territorial extent of use required to constitute “genuine use” of a Community trade mark (CTM) in the Community
    Richard Burton
    Richard Burton
    Partner, Trade Mark Attorney
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    New Zealand Joins Madrid Protocol

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    New Zealand has today finally acceded to the Madrid Protocol system allowing for International Registrations of trade marks to designate New Zealand.
    Richard Burton
    Richard Burton
    Partner, Trade Mark Attorney
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    Data in the cloud - processing personal information

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    The new buzz word 'cloud' seems to have grown in significance of late and there are various advantages for businesses, not least cost savings in areas such as storage, power consumption and data retrieval.
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    Assignments overview and pitfalls to beware!

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    Many patents will see a change in ownership at some stage in their lives. Assignments are commonplace and occur for a variety of reasons; for example, in the context of a business sale where a buyer purchases all of the assets (including intellectual property assets) of a business from the…
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    Scrabble 3D Tile Invalid: JW Spear and Mattel v Zynga

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    The High Court of England and Wales has found the Scrabble 3D trade mark to be invalid in a trade mark invalidation action. In JW Spear & Sons Ltd and Mattel Inc v Zynga, Mr Justice Arnold in the Chancery Division of the Court found that Mattel’s Scrabble ‘tile’ did…
    Richard Burton
    Richard Burton
    Partner, Trade Mark Attorney
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    USPTO Takes a Tougher Stance on Evidence of Use

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    New rules have been introduced that allow the US PTO to request additional specimens, information and exhibits to ensure trade mark registrations can be maintained.
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    Complementarity - what is it?

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    For many years now, the Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market (OHIM) has taken different factors into account when considering the similarity between two sets of goods/services.
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    HANNAH MONTANA Disney Enterprises v Montana Alimentari

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    Finding in favour of Disney, the Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market (OHIM) has held that the famous family entertainment company may register the sign HANNAH MONTANA as a Community Trade Mark.
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    NOW is the Winter of (Starbucks HKs) Discontent

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    These opening lines from William Shakespeare’s Richard III may be felt appropriate by Starbucks (HK) Ltd and PCCW in their trade mark infringement battle with BSkyB (“SkyTV”) - and not just because of the time of year.
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    Online terms and conditions: time for a health check?

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    The UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) issued a press release on the 12th October 2012 indicating that many of the top online retailers need to change certain terms and conditions on their websites in order to comply with the UK's Distance Selling Regulations and the E-Commerce Regulations. As part…

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