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      <title>Avoiding Bratz: cross-company understanding of IP necessary</title>
      <description><![CDATA[One thing that can be learnt from the dispute between Mattel and MGA Entertainment over the Bratz doll brand is that not every employee of any given company understands IP rights. Knowledge of intellectual property runs through the veins of some companies - WTR recently heard from Siemens about that corporation's IP-aware 400,000 employees (full details will be published this autumn). For others, fostering this sort of understanding is trickier.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>ICANN responds to questions over potential trademark rebuff</title>
      <description><![CDATA[ICANN has responded to the blog post WTR published yesterday that speculated whether the board would close the chapter on trademark protection mechanisms in the new gTLD programme without full analysis of the latest round of comments. The body has now stated that the board will receive the analysis in time for its September retreat.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>Did ICANN just imply that the new gTLDs process will snub trademarks?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Here's some exclusive news from ICANN, and trademark owners will not like it. The organisation has indicated that the trademark concerns surrounding new gTLDs will not be put to bed in time for the board's retreat in September. This will alarm mark owners because Peter Dengate Thrush, ICANN's chair, has told WTR: &quot;If the issues are not cleared up by September then we'll be forced to make some decisions. If the community can't decide, we'll step in and force it into some sort of arrangement or decision.&quot;]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>OHIM: our &quot;radical&quot; oppositions backlog overhaul is working</title>
      <description><![CDATA[While OHIM's mountains of cash and unconventional governance provoke headlines, CTM users have had a more practical concern of late. The agency's looming backlog of opposition decisions started shortly after the registration of the first CTM 13 years ago, and has swollen every year since. The director of the trademarks department calls it a &quot;moving target&quot;. However, according to new statistics, OHIM's aim is closing in.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>Microsoft, Yahoo! and others face possible '.co' infringers</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Last week we learnt that some of the world's biggest brands have bought in to the '.co' domain, either as part of a new domain name strategy or merely to protect their trademark rights from misuse. Now that the Colombian registry behind the widely popular domain has opened up for general availability, we know that trademark owners such as Yahoo! and Microsoft are facing possibly infringing uses of their trademarks - in what may become the most valuable domain since '.com'.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <category>Cybersquatting</category><category>International</category><category>Typosquatting</category><category>Brand strategy</category>
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      <title>Chinese search giant sells keywords to fake pharma</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Owing to several high-profile court cases against Google, keywords are a major bone of contention for trademark owners in the United States and Europe. But can the same be said of other jurisdictions, where different search engines dominate? How about China? Recent allegations that suggest China's premier search engine is complicit in the promotion of counterfeit medicines paint a worrying picture.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=C61A3C40-5651-4306-BAD7-54023D329654</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=C61A3C40-5651-4306-BAD7-54023D329654#Comments</comments>
      <category>WTR Daily</category>
      <category>Counterfeiting</category><category>International</category><category>Keywords</category><category>Brand strategy</category>
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      <title>Your last chance to delay the gTLD trademark time bomb (probably)</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Trademark owners concerned that the forthcoming expansion of the gTLD space will leave their rights open to infringement are rapidly running out of time. ICANN will soon close the latest round of comments - expected by many observers to be the last for a draft applicant guidebook (DAG).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=53B91ED4-F6E3-47C0-8A29-E7D320D1CE40#Comments</comments>
      <category>WTR Daily</category>
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      <title>&quot;Dialogue&quot; alone won't purge auction sites of counterfeits</title>
      <description><![CDATA[For auction sites, the removal of items from their listings dents their business models. The likes of eBay and Amazon Marketplace are publicly in agreement with brand owners that the deletion of fake goods from auction sites is in everyone's best interests. While this position is welcomed by brand owners, a way through the issue is more elusive than cybersquatters' WHOIS data.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=D67A4B14-4C8B-4722-BBCA-1A9763577202#Comments</comments>
      <category>WTR Daily</category>
      <category>International</category><category>Internet issues</category><category>Policy</category><category>Counterfeiting</category>
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      <title>Political machinations threaten core mission of EU trademarks office</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The European Union can be a very peculiar place. As readers of this blog will know, the community may soon add enforcement and anti-counterfeiting to the remit of its financially successful trademark registry, OHIM. For many, it is a strange proposal, and OHIM president Wubbo de Boer has now echoed trademark owners' fears that the idea may be underpinned by political and financial motivations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=24E4101B-2B80-4AD3-BC1A-0F1DD012F439</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=24E4101B-2B80-4AD3-BC1A-0F1DD012F439#Comments</comments>
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      <category>Government/policy</category><category>International</category><category>Supranational</category><category>Counterfeiting</category>
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      <title>Subscriber alert: a fully interactive digital version of WTR is now available</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The latest addition to the World Trademark Review platform is an interactive, digital version of the magazine, allowing subscribers to bookmark pages for easy reference, highlight passages of interest, add notes and search the entire issue for key terms. The service is now live and we would like to know what you think of it.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=D761C4E9-7F9B-4F42-9BCD-54C4ED59FEF8</link>
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      <author>Trevor Little</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=D761C4E9-7F9B-4F42-9BCD-54C4ED59FEF8#Comments</comments>
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      <title>Big brands have only days to block the '.co' cybersquatters</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colombians are no doubt planning a big party. It seems that their well-funded attempt to turn the '.co' country-code top-level domain into a global alternative to '.com' may well pay off: over half of the top 500 global brands have signed up for a '.co' already. However, WTR has seen a list of domains invalidated during the sunrise period which suggests that the cybersquatters are circling - and brand owners have just days to protect some well-known marks.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=DFDA54EC-86F9-4355-8C20-9FE7C9A941A9</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=DFDA54EC-86F9-4355-8C20-9FE7C9A941A9#Comments</comments>
      <category>WTR Daily</category>
      <category>Cybersquatting</category><category>Domain names</category><category>International</category><category>Brand strategy</category>
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      <title>Are trademark owners served best by large firms or small firms?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Of course, the answer might be: &quot;a firm somewhere in between&quot;. Or probably: &quot;it depends&quot;. Or even: &quot;it doesn't matter - the expertise of the individual is what counts”. After all, the market for trademark legal services is deeply complex, with clients requiring specific legal expertise and broad business strategy at the same time. Not content with asking the question, WTR has set about identifying the brightest individuals and the strongest firms from around the world, those who can boast the attributes clients demand - and we want your help.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=96ED87F3-8237-4C89-B06A-2E35F1845962</link>
      <guid>96ed87f3-8237-4c89-b06a-2e35f1845962</guid>
      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=96ED87F3-8237-4C89-B06A-2E35F1845962#Comments</comments>
      <category>WTR Daily</category>
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      <title>Trademark owners beware: augmented reality can pollute your brand</title>
      <description><![CDATA[There's a new form of trademark infringement on the horizon. For the past few years, brand owners have been scratching their heads over what to do when third parties use their trademarks in online games and virtual worlds. The merging of parody, free speech and trademark infringement has led brands into some murky waters. Now programmers have come up with a new way to play with brand value: augmented reality.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=6F7E9886-3A5F-4783-A028-320B8518FD5A</link>
      <guid>6f7e9886-3a5f-4783-a028-320b8518fd5a</guid>
      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=6F7E9886-3A5F-4783-A028-320B8518FD5A#Comments</comments>
      <category>WTR Daily</category>
      <category>International</category><category>Internet issues</category><category>Virtual worlds</category><category>Brand strategy</category>
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      <title>Time to finalize your new gTLD trademark enforcement strategy</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Trademark lawyers may be fed up with talking about the new gTLD programme, but many are also morbidly fascinated by it. These individuals will be interested in a new list of prospective applicants. It is fascinating to see the diversity of new gTLDs and consider gloomily how they may infringe on trademarks owned by some of the world's best brands. If '.money' or '.car' take off and brand owners from the relevant sectors have no strategy to respond, imagine the consequences.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=9F50893D-A00B-40A2-8886-409337DE2B0E</link>
      <guid>9f50893d-a00b-40a2-8886-409337de2b0e</guid>
      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=9F50893D-A00B-40A2-8886-409337DE2B0E#Comments</comments>
      <category>WTR Daily</category>
      <category>Cybersquatting</category><category>Domain names</category><category>International</category><category>Brand strategy</category>
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      <title>On Madrid, WIPO is stuck between a rock and Latin America</title>
      <description><![CDATA[For many years, WIPO has been flirting with Latin America. WIPO expects a wave of accession to the Madrid Protocol in the region, which has repeatedly shrugged off Geneva's advances. Patricia Covarrubia this week reported that Congress in Colombia - the Latin American state favoured by WIPO to join first - has failed to discuss the proposed bill at recent meetings. It is a sorry situation indeed for mark owners keen to reduce costs while continuing to expand their businesses.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=1561DF7A-42F8-4378-B48E-4A5D5C3903E8</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=1561DF7A-42F8-4378-B48E-4A5D5C3903E8#Comments</comments>
      <category>WTR Daily</category>
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      <title>Exploitation or business as usual? Navigating the ambush marketing minefield</title>
      <description><![CDATA[It is rare that trademark disputes grab global headlines in the way that recent ambush marketing activities in South Africa have. Much of the coverage has focused on those who blatantly flout the laws passed to deter these activities - often overlooked are the brands which want to carry on with legitimate marketing efforts while an event takes place. Yet how easy is it to actually walk the thin line between ‘business as usual' and accusations of exploitation? WTR put this question to Nike.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=6661359C-D1BC-4AED-9A9C-2615754C03B0</link>
      <guid>6661359c-d1bc-4aed-9a9c-2615754c03b0</guid>
      <author>Trevor Little</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=6661359C-D1BC-4AED-9A9C-2615754C03B0#Comments</comments>
      <category>WTR Daily</category>
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      <title>ACTA talks reopen, trademark lobby regroups</title>
      <description><![CDATA[As the latest round of talks over the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) opened this week, the International Trademark Association (INTA) has submitted three recommendations to the negotiating states.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=0FA554A7-3044-4BCD-A90B-E4C8EC2DE9CC</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=0FA554A7-3044-4BCD-A90B-E4C8EC2DE9CC#Comments</comments>
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      <title>European politicians are alive to the business of trademarks</title>
      <description><![CDATA[While the Community trademark (CTM) system has long been a contentious topic, it is now baking in the heat of political point-scoring by trademark owners, national offices and Eurocrats alike. Germany's Klaus-Heiner Lehne MEP, chair of the European Parliament's legal affairs committee, last week outlined his belief that use in one member state constitutes genuine use and that, although the study into the future of the trademark system is still underway, Parliament would make sure that reform will not weaken the system.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=66C8B33E-A4D9-4C2B-835B-7F9CCA3366EF</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=66C8B33E-A4D9-4C2B-835B-7F9CCA3366EF#Comments</comments>
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      <title>Trademark community finally breaks out of the doghouse at ICANN meeting</title>
      <description><![CDATA[For years, trademark owners have been stuck in the doghouse when it came to policy development at ICANN, especially with regard to new generic top-level domains. But at the current ICANN meeting in Brussels, brand owners decided to focus their policy development strategy on brands, rather than the legal intricacies of trademarks – which has created some interesting debate.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=724D9C6B-9DF2-4904-B08D-26905FF108C0</link>
      <guid>724d9c6b-9df2-4904-b08d-26905ff108c0</guid>
      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=724D9C6B-9DF2-4904-B08D-26905FF108C0#Comments</comments>
      <category>WTR Daily</category>
      <category>Brand strategy</category><category>Domain names</category><category>Internet issues</category><category>Brand</category>
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      <title>Trademark counsel should not rely on World Cup and Olympics laws for protection</title>
      <description><![CDATA[While brand owners have been stepping up anti-counterfeiting operations in South Africa, non-sponsoring brands have been flouting the laws passed to deter ambush marketing. And the case concerning Bavaria's orange-clad cheerleaders proves that such laws do not necessarily stand up.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=BDE6B512-5719-4120-B1EB-7A887B48F73D</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=BDE6B512-5719-4120-B1EB-7A887B48F73D#Comments</comments>
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      <title>Bold promises from the IP czar's shiny joint strategic plan</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Among the many detailed ideas included in the Joint Strategic Plan, published today by President Obama's IP enforcement coordinator, is the promise of the government to help and listen to &quot;victims&quot; (clarified as rights holders) of IP infringement - and even a full review of IP laws.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=BDF8BE06-8187-4650-931E-5BA331F1249B</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>USPTO looks beyond the Next Generation</title>
      <description><![CDATA[It was three months ago that David Kappos, director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, unveiled the Trademark Next Generation project, asking for suggestions on the IT functionality users would like to see as the the agency moved towards end-to-end electronic processing. This week, in an exclusive interview with WTR, Kappos outlined the approach being taken to create a system that will continue to change with the times.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=EA289F63-5E64-433C-A5BD-532E4E5EEF3B</link>
      <guid>ea289f63-5e64-433c-a5bd-532e4e5eef3b</guid>
      <author>Trevor Little</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=EA289F63-5E64-433C-A5BD-532E4E5EEF3B#Comments</comments>
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      <title>WTR briefed by researchers on EU trademark study</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Who would have thought that trademark owners are a diverse bunch with divergent opinions? That is one of the more fascinating trends emerging from the study into the European trademark system. So it was pleasing to hear the researchers from the Max Planck Institute who are conducting the study acknowledge this when I met two of them earlier today. Roland Knaak, head of the research team, told me: &quot;It is interesting for us to see the divergent opinions and positions of some of the user associations. Many have quite different opinions, for example, on the question of how further harmonization should be achieved.&quot;]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>Although the trademark lobby will not win on new gTLDs, it must still try</title>
      <description><![CDATA[After years of lobbying by a high-profile group of brand owners and stakeholders, trademark issues will be high on the agenda at next week's ICANN meeting. However, the trademark lobby faces a serious problem in Brussels: the rest of the ICANN community has never welcomed trademark owners and is now starting to get angry with their pleas. So while trademark owners retain serious misgivings for the latest proposed trademark protection measures, it is unlikely that the rest of the ICANN community will allow them to be voiced.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=4F82501B-18BD-4EE5-B676-F907AC6A127A</link>
      <guid>4f82501b-18bd-4ee5-b676-f907ac6a127a</guid>
      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>The big business potential of trademark and domain name service providers</title>
      <description><![CDATA[No trademark counsel finds it easy to win more budget from senior management. This battle becomes even trickier when the argument is made on behalf of a company that the trademark counsel wants to hire for its domain name and internet-related services. Many counsel do not know how to convince senior management why they should allocate the budget for such spend. This was the subject of a conversation I had recently with David Gandy, managing director of Group NBT's corporate brand management division.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=02BF0116-7402-43C7-AF31-ECB23B117D74</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>Users cannot provide a united front against European challenges</title>
      <description><![CDATA[&quot;The books are open again,&quot; I was recently told by Alexander von M&#252;hlendahl, co-founder of the CTM system, referring to the comprehensiveness of the study into the European trademark system. The sheer scope of the study means that the Max Planck researchers are collecting diverse opinions on issues such as genuine use - even from users, the one group you'd think would have a united stance.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>Indian IPO speaks out against fresh corruption allegations</title>
      <description><![CDATA[For the first time since his successful modernizing reform process began 18 months ago, the head of the Indian patent and trademark office has a tricky PR situation on his hands. PH Kurian's office is under fire for allegedly &quot;spinning off&quot; its trademark function, with one attorney arguing that this &quot;will shift the system back to its inefficient past&quot;. To find out what was going on, WTR spoke to Kurian.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=6D7D310A-693F-4EC9-AFDC-BEF156E7BDDE</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>Will BP, Mars and British Airways win in the latest domain landrush?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Few brands are powerful enough to require only one or two characters for consumers to recognize them. Among this select group are some of the world's most distinctive brands: BA, BP, HP, M&amp;Ms and VW. These brands and their two-character peers may have solid trademark protection but will that be enough in the new '.co.uk' domain space?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=AC441D74-B602-44B5-AF73-DFC25A4A5312</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>First communiqu&#233; from new UK IP minister dodges trademarks</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The minister appointed by the new British government to cover intellectual property has written a brief statement outlining the importance of her new beat. It is delightful to see Baroness Judith Wilcox acknowledge that &quot;since the mid-1990s, UK firms of all types have been investing more in ‘knowledge’ or intangible assets than they have in traditional capital&quot;. Other governments around the world would do well to recognize this, but so few have ministers whose role specifically includes intellectual property - even though the new government adapted the portfolio somewhat.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=1B197E9A-CA57-4FE1-B273-8FB14B7D6110#Comments</comments>
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      <title>You have 10 minutes to outline your thoughts on the European trademark system</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Now the ash cloud has dispersed, trademark owners will today meet the Max Planck Institute researchers conducting the study into the functionality of the European trademark system. Unfortunately, each user association will only have 10 minutes to detail their concerns.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=445A0B9A-E56D-4D78-BB8E-8D0757FF2663</link>
      <guid>445a0b9a-e56d-4d78-bb8e-8d0757ff2663</guid>
      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=445A0B9A-E56D-4D78-BB8E-8D0757FF2663#Comments</comments>
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      <title>IP community shakes its head as the URS piles on the pounds</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The proposed Uniform Rapid Suspension system is becoming heavier by the day - and simultaneously losing potency. This reality is gradually trickling through the IP community as active members read through the fourth version of the Draft Applicant Guidebook, the manual for applying for a new generic top-level domain. It appears that the URS, one of the oldest proposals to protect trademark rights in the new space, has become heavily burdened in the course of the various ICANN processes.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=85DB4F5C-4128-4B26-9C79-5ED082DEB35E</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=85DB4F5C-4128-4B26-9C79-5ED082DEB35E#Comments</comments>
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      <title>USPTO powers up for futuristic trademark services (with help from Google)</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Keen readers of this blog will be familiar with the push for free trademark data. Over the past year, we have reported on various initiatives to open up trademark registers around the world. Today WIPO launches its free WIPO Gold service to provide IP data to the public via a web portal that is reminiscent of an old WTR front cover. In the US, following our revelation that the USPTO was searching for a partner that could open up the US trademark database, the organization looked no further than info-troll Google, which has just published bulk US trademark data for all to see.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=A888150E-F85B-4999-ABA0-09642663E7DE</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=A888150E-F85B-4999-ABA0-09642663E7DE#Comments</comments>
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      <title>Should BP's trademark team be airdropped into the Gulf?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[As brand strategists wallow in the horror of BP's brand disaster, here at WTR we're wondering whether the trademark team could have been better positioned to help the company prepare for a brand implosion.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=7E037621-4D2B-4616-9840-2101A6AE143F</link>
      <guid>7e037621-4d2b-4616-9840-2101a6ae143f</guid>
      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=7E037621-4D2B-4616-9840-2101A6AE143F#Comments</comments>
      <category>WTR Daily</category>
      <category>Brand management</category><category>Infringement</category><category>International</category><category>Rebrand</category><category>Trademark portfolio management</category><category>Brand</category>
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      <title>Is Canada finally preparing to join the 21st Century?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The wheels at the Canadian IP Office are grinding forward - but they are moving at least. Long regarded as one of the most backward IP offices among its peers in the G8 countries, CIPO is now pushing for amendments to Canada's Trademarks Act. The goal, top officials recently told WTR, is accession to the Madrid Protocol and the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademark.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=F770F51F-73DE-4E43-B5C1-A65726256A3B</link>
      <guid>f770f51f-73de-4e43-b5c1-a65726256a3b</guid>
      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=F770F51F-73DE-4E43-B5C1-A65726256A3B#Comments</comments>
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      <title>Mark owners should stay vigilant as governments' opposition to ACTA grows</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Trademark owners' concerns over the proposed ACTA had been gathering pace right up until the draft agreement was published in April. But, once mark owners had absorbed ACTA's key points, they went about their business. Nothing to see here, they thought. But the international community remains concerned as to whether the agreement will override accepted norms provided by WIPO and the WTO.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=E94AE247-8523-474D-89A3-7D26ED3A8FAD</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>European trademarks saved by new gTLD clearinghouse rule, but details sketchy</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Trademarks that have undergone examination based only on absolute grounds of refusal will be welcomed into the Trademark Clearinghouse proposed for the new gTLD space, WTR has learnt. The news came from Kurt Pritz, senior vice president, services, at ICANN, who was speaking at a roundtable hosted this morning by the UK IPO.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=34292354-9E7C-41F1-BC55-BC1416EBC608</link>
      <guid>34292354-9e7c-41f1-bc55-bc1416ebc608</guid>
      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>New domain name issues emerge at INTA meeting</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The alarm bells over new gTLDs have finally been heard. The sell-out session at the INTA annual meeting on this topic filled the conference centre's biggest meeting room on Tuesday. &quot;ICANN is so close to finalizing the proposed trademark protection mechanisms that we all need to assume it's going ahead,&quot; said Fabricio Vayra, senior counsel, intellectual property at Time Warner. &quot;It will be a bad day for a brand owner who assumes it's not going to happen and it does.&quot;]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=4BC5DDF8-A73B-454A-A118-8E9FFD2B33B1</link>
      <guid>4bc5ddf8-a73b-454a-a118-8e9ffd2b33b1</guid>
      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>Leading in-house counsel honoured at WTR Industry Awards ceremony</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Last night, WTR celebrated the best in-house trademark counsel in the industry at the fourth annual Industry Awards ceremony. Among those honoured were teams from Apple, Nokia, L'Or&#233;al and MasterCard.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=7A3F977D-964A-4DAE-B49C-9D6B76F0BACC</link>
      <guid>7a3f977d-964a-4dae-b49c-9d6b76f0bacc</guid>
      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=7A3F977D-964A-4DAE-B49C-9D6B76F0BACC#Comments</comments>
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      <title>The ever-changing world of trademarks - direct from the INTA annual meeting</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The unofficial theme of this year’s INTA annual meeting is change. This theme may have taken two years to filter down to trademarks from a certain election campaign but boy has it arrived.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=C11CDDD5-3F45-4960-AF31-BDD854BC119C</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>As INTA kicks off, it's clear that trademarks are back</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In hotel lobbies and conference centre hallways there is much more of a buzz this year than last at the INTA annual meeting. After two years of cutbacks, trademarks are definitely back. &quot;Hats off to the programme producers,&quot; says Brian Banner, veteran trademark attorney who is in town to launch his new firm, H&amp;A IP Law. &quot;There really is something for everyone.&quot; Everyone who is interested in trademarks, of course. With 8,000 people in Boston for the meeting, that is a lot of people.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=D993CADE-8C86-44A5-B5D9-72A83448AF8E</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>Court applies smell-alike ruling, but is not happy about it</title>
      <description><![CDATA[While the Court of Appeal for England and Wales has followed the European Court of Justice ruling in L’Or&#233;al v Bellure, Lord Justice Jacob has made it clear he isn’t happy about muzzling commercial free speech. Expect the debate over free riding to continue.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=44146DE3-62C4-4B33-B50F-00EA9C9A1BC2</link>
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      <author>Trevor Little</author>
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      <title>China's trademark litigation landscape may not be as perilous as many think</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Surveying China's trademark litigation landscape as part of some research for a magazine feature, I have found that the jurisdiction which was infamous for being something of a ‘Wild Wild East’ is now making rapid improvements in its judiciary and court system. Many commentators have already written a great deal about litigation trends in China. Taking a new approach, thanks to some exclusive, unpublished court data and the testimonies of former judges and experts, WTR has uncovered exactly why foreign brand owners should no longer fear the dragon.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=F7DEDE17-6D65-41E4-BFF0-6A313FEC2C64</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=F7DEDE17-6D65-41E4-BFF0-6A313FEC2C64#Comments</comments>
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      <title>Switzerland: Gillette's G is not the best a man can get</title>
      <description><![CDATA[That is, if the 'man' is a trademark examiner with the Swiss IP office. Mark owners have long criticized the Swiss authorities for being overly strict when it comes to trademark examination. But, in a new ruling of the Federal Administrative Court, the authorities are probably on the button. The court has denied Gillette's application to register its letter G as a trademark, arguing that the mark is not distinctive enough.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=C507E200-2BCD-472E-B277-5412CD69F305</link>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>UK ponders trademark protection for two-character domains</title>
      <description><![CDATA[With the UK yet to release one- and two-character domains, registry Nominet is canvassing for feedback on the proposed introduction process. Brand owners would be advised to get involved to avoid a repeat of the German experience, where the lack of a sunrise period resulted in a free-for-all for key domains.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=E837FB0B-6CD0-4427-BC6D-85B3486B699A</link>
      <guid>e837fb0b-6cd0-4427-bc6d-85b3486b699a</guid>
      <author>Trevor Little</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=E837FB0B-6CD0-4427-BC6D-85B3486B699A#Comments</comments>
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      <title>Europe's anti-counterfeiting team between a rock and a hard place</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy is to hold its first events at the European Parliament from June 21 - 25. The week will include exhibitions, information sessions, short films and ceremonies to raise the profile of the observatory and awareness of the issues surrounding counterfeiting and piracy. These are commendable activities, so why does a question mark hang over the location of the observatory?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=102B0C70-02C5-44C7-A9BC-F3BA0ECD4236</link>
      <guid>102b0c70-02c5-44c7-a9bc-f3ba0ecd4236</guid>
      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=102B0C70-02C5-44C7-A9BC-F3BA0ECD4236#Comments</comments>
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      <title>General Court sketches out similarities between design and trademark law</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The latest decision from the General Court of the European Union has clarified when an earlier trademark right can be used to invalidate a later registered Community design, shedding new light on the interplay of trademark law and design rights under the Council Regulation on Community Designs (6/2002). The methodology used by the court will be welcomed by many trademark professionals.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=C2F5BD18-9C27-49C6-A791-270B65BA92A5</link>
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      <author>Trevor Little</author>
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      <title>Joint venture partners forsake trademarks at their peril</title>
      <description><![CDATA[According to a survey conducted just a few years ago, chief executives' top concern when embarking upon a joint venture is the control of their IP rights. That's the kind of statistic we love to hear at WTR, as it shows that senior management grasp the value inherent in intellectual property. Unfortunately, WTR's own more recent survey found that for many brand owners the opposite is true.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <title>Mark owners feel ignored, but will the European Commission listen?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[European trademark owners are on the warpath. They are already unconvinced that the study into the EU trademark system is listening to their opinions, and now there is dismay that the European Council is trying to force the OHIM to commence anti-counterfeiting work and the 50% split of CTM renewal fees with national offices. So they are going right to the top: user association MARQUES today meets with the European Commission to try and explain why now is not the time to start work on these areas.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=F11F6EF3-6C60-42A7-9CBE-B28A14257AC7</link>
      <guid>f11f6ef3-6c60-42a7-9cbe-b28a14257ac7</guid>
      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=F11F6EF3-6C60-42A7-9CBE-B28A14257AC7#Comments</comments>
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      <title>It looks like the USPTO desires free trademark data for all, too</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Here's a gentle whisper from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). It appears that the agency is searching for a partner that can help it open up its trademark register to the public free of charge. The USPTO, which already operates a searchable trademark database, made noises last year about developing its technology in the interests of transparency and user experience.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=124983A3-D4ED-4248-8709-CE16411D2D33</link>
      <guid>124983a3-d4ed-4248-8709-ce16411d2d33</guid>
      <author>Adam Smith</author>
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      <category>WTR Daily</category>
      <category>National</category><category>Registration</category><category>IP offices</category>
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      <title>Campinos edges closer to OHIM's presidential chair</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The European Union's Permanent Representatives Committee has recommended the approval by the European Council of Antonio Campinos as president and Christian Archambeau as vice president of the OHIM, WTR has learnt. The final decision now lies with the European Council, which will meet later this month to discuss the appointments.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=91BAF946-E371-4CD8-9BC1-C192B870B274</link>
      <guid>91baf946-e371-4cd8-9bc1-c192b870b274</guid>
      <author>Adam Smith</author>
      <comments>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=91BAF946-E371-4CD8-9BC1-C192B870B274#Comments</comments>
      <category>WTR Daily</category>
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