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USPTO: trademarks will get as good a data deal as patents
United States - The USPTO this week announced its attractive and valuable Data Visualization Center, which displays for attorneys live statistics about the performance of the office. While patent attorneys cheered the initiative, trademark lawyers could have been forgiven for feeling left out. But they will soon be able to join in too: the USPTO has told WTR of plans to extend the service to the trademark side of its business. Read blogAdam Smith | September 09 2010
Ping and Apple strike trademark deal: what other brand owners can learn
United States - Gadget-happy media channels have reported how Apple secured an agreement with golf club maker Ping before launching its new iTunes service, which uses the PING word mark. But the story is not Apple's at all. This is a tale of how an admired brand owner spotted an opportunity to extend its name beyond a finite audience using its famous house mark. Read blogAdam Smith | September 09 2010
Google investigation must consider trademarks and AdWords
United States - The news that Google is being investigated on antitrust concerns is perhaps not surprising, but the fact that regulators may study Google's keywords policies certainly is. However, the possibility that it will consider the impact of AdWords policies – set to change in Europe next week – is why trademark owners should watch this investigation unfold. Read blogAdam Smith | September 07 2010
Updates and analysis
World Trademark Review Yearbook 2009/2010
Portugal - In Portugal, trademarks are governed by the Industrial Property Code (approved by Decree- Law 36/2003), which entered into force on July 1 2003 and has been updated by Decree-Law 143/2003, Decree-Law 360/2007, Law 16/2008 and Law 52/2008. Full text
Goodbye to the man behind Europe's trademarks powerhouse ![[premium]](/images/rounds/premium.png)
As he prepares to vacate the president's chair at the European trademark agency, Wubbo de Boer reflects on his decade-long tenure and shares his thoughts on OHIM's future Full text
Trademark management
Rumours recently circulated that the trademark function would be spun off from India?s patent and trademark office. With the office still burdened with a to the Madrid Protocol looming, would such a move be a help or a hindrance? Full text
Anti-counterfeiting 2010 – A Global Guide
Australia - Australia has a well-established legal regime to deal with counterfeit and pirated goods. Under the Trademarks Act 1995 (Cth) and the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), a range of civil and criminal measures can be taken in relation to products that infringe registered trademarks and copyright material. Full text
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