Delegates at the AIPPI Congress in Paris last week sent out a clear message that effective and enforceable copyright protection should be safeguarded in the digital environment
The five-year limit on supplementary protection certificates in the EU needs to be extended, said André Bourgouin of Ipsen Pharma last week
IP practitioners passed resolutions on trade mark dilution, trade secrets, contributory patent infringement and the person skilled in the art during the AIPPI Congress this week
Goats eating grass on a restaurant roof might be a surreal basis for a trade mark infringement claim, but it was just one of the many examples given in a session on non-traditional marks at the AIPPI Congress this week
European trade mark specialists called for greater analysis of consumer perceptions of three-dimensional marks at the AIPPI Congress this week
A Google employee called the search engine’s new AdWords policy in Europe a “brave new world” during a session at this week's AIPPI Congress in Paris
It is crucial to use different forms of IP rights during different stages of a product’s life cycle to maximise protection, said Cornelis Schueller of Nestlé at the AIPPI International Congress this week
How the patent system should deal with green technologies will be “one of the hottest IP topics for years to come”, according to Bertram Huber of IPSEVA
WIPO can continue to play a key role in harmonising IP laws, director-general Francis Gurry said yesterday
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