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The Delhi High Court has accorded the designation of a 'well-known mark' to Burger King Company LLC (Burger King), emphasizing that their trademark has developed a 'secondary meaning in respect of burgers.'

New circular on industrial property rights in Vietnam

From 4 to 8 December 2023, delegations from the EFTA States – Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland – and Malaysia met in Geneva for the 14th round of negotiations towards an Economic Partnership Agreement (MEEPA).

New study (in English) of the series Technological Radar entitled “Mapping of artificial intelligence technologies applied to aviation in Brazil and Sweden, through an analysis of patents related to this industry filed with INPI”.

Supreme Court recognizes website evidence to cancel bad faith trade marks

Workshop on Industrial Design Law

new Copyright Law in Myanmar

Concerning The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Design in Vietnam

This week, we look at the EPO’s invalidation of Moderna’s Vaccine Patent, and a recent CJEU case involving the 3D trade mark of the Vespa scooter.

changes on IP ownership and enforcement in Vietnam

European IP Helpdesk team just published an IP Special highlighting the core aspects of intellectual property valuation.

We are delighted to introduce you to the ambassador of this month, Liliana Pop from Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, who has been a member of the team for 10 years.

This article tries to IP-complete one of the sectors that is a miss at many trade events, but one that is living its golden years as you are reading this article.

European Commission has recently revealed the winners of the European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital), with the main prizes going to the cities of Lisbon and Linköping.

European Union (EU) Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski is going to visit India from 7th to 9th December 2023. He will lead a business delegation of over 50 EU company representatives from the agri-food sector.

DG Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have jointly published the third edition of the annual document, "EU enforcement of intellectual property rights: results at the EU border and in the EU internal market, 2022"

In the ongoing Basmati rice intellectual property (IP) dispute between India and Pakistan, the Delhi High Court recently dismissed a 15-year-old suit against India's export of Basmati rice.

Successful mediation case under the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)-Singapore ASEAN Mediation Programme (AMP)

The enactment of the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”) in 2021 establishes a legal framework regulating foreign and domestic companies alike in collecting personal information (“PI”) in China and its cross-border transfer (or export, using interchangeably below).