A new law will be passed soon in the Cayman Islands making it mandatory to file a trademark registration application with the Cayman Islands Intellectual Property Office (CIIPO). A significant change in the trademark law of the Cayman Islands Previously, … Read More
Trademarks
The Hague’s “Apostille Convention” finally enters into force in Brazil
On December 2nd, 2015, Brazil acceded the Hague Convention of October 5, 1961, also called the “Apostille Convention”, which abolishes the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents. This Convention entered into force on August 14th, 2016 in Brazil, thus … Read More
ICANN improves trademark protection mechanisms in light of new gTLDs
An ICANN working group has been given the task of analyzing the trademark protection mechanisms in light of its new gTLDs program. The group will need to improve these mechanisms in order to provide better protection for trademark holders. A … Read More
Tags: defense, domain names, ICANN, protection, trademarks
Russian Federation: requirement to send a letter of formal notice prior to legal action
A novelty in the field of Russian intellectual property law: as of June 1st, 2016, an applicant for an infringement action is required to submit a letter of formal notice to the defendant and wait 30 days before initiating legal … Read More
A reform in Kenyan trademark law
Kenyan trademark law has recently undergone reform. The enactment of the Companies Act 2015 and Companies (General) Regulations 2015 has resulted in a change in practice for the Kenyan Industrial property Institute. The Institute now has the obligation to examine … Read More
Tags: Company name, Kenya, trademarks
Why Start-Ups Need to Prioritise the Protection of Intellectual Property
Owners and managers of start-ups get so caught up in the setting up of their business, they often take their eye off the ball when it comes to intellectual property rights. But as many find to their cost, failing to … Read More
Why is it important to watch internationalized domain names?
Internationalized domain names (IDNs) give people around the world the ability to access websites using their local language. It is estimated that there were around 400 million Internet users in 2000. By 2020, there could be more than five billion … Read More
Why is it important to watch internationalized domain names?
Internationalized domain names (IDNs) give people around the world the ability to access websites using their local language. It is estimated that there were around 400 million Internet users in 2000. By 2020, there could be more than five billion … Read More
Trademark law reform in Rwanda: the ministerial order of March 17th 2016
Rwanda’s intellectual property legislation has been undergoing a wave of reform and modernization for a couple of years now. Indeed, a number of changes have been made in the area of Rwandan intellectual property. A new law, Law No. 005 … Read More
Internationalized domain names: the monitoring of non-Latin character domain names
Internationalized Domain Names (IDN TLD) allow people around the world to access domain names in their local language. Cybersquatting has also expanded from the standard Top Level Domains like .com or .cn to non-Latin scripts including Arabic, Chinese and Cyrillic scripts … Read More
