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 in...
Trademark opposition system: effective as of August 30th 2016 in Mexico
With the coming into force of the Madrid Protocol in Mexico, it was necessary to implement an opposition system to strengthen the registration process of trademarks and enhance the competitiveness as well as the dynamism of intell...
Act B.E 2559: a reform strengthening trademark protection in Thailand
Thailand has recently undergone a significant and welcome change in the landscape of intellectual property. Indeed, the government has decided to bring into force an amendment on trademarks, “Act B. E. 2559,” effective as of J...
Multi-class trademark filing in Laos
Following a notification from the Intellectual Property department of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic establishes the filing of multi-class trademarks. A trademark could not be filed...
“Trademark infringement and overall similarities: LinkedIn and Colink’in”
The Paris Court of Appeal (Cour d’appel de Paris), in its decision of 5 February 2016, held that the trademark Colink’In did not constitute an infringement to the trademark LinkedIn. The court sentenced the companies LinkedIn...
“The consequences of a Brexit on trademarks and patents”
An insightful new article was posted today on the blog of Dreyfus & associés, concerning the effects of a Brexit on trademarks and patents. The consequences of a Brexit on trademarks and patents -"If ever there were ...
International trademark: Gambia joins the Madrid Protocol effective December 18, 2015
On September 18, 2015, the Republic of Gambia joined the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of trademarks (known as the Madrid Protocol). The country thus has become the 96th member...