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ARTICLE · 27 JUNE 2023

A Matter Of Time: Resolving IP Disputes

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Orson Welles' flair for quips is on full display in the 1949 classic, "The Third Man," when his character remarks: "In Switzerland, they had brotherly love.

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Orson Welles' flair for quips is on full display in the 1949 classic, "The Third Man," when his character remarks: "In Switzerland, they had brotherly love. They had five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce?... The cuckoo clock."

Yet as the zither soundtrack fades out, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is left in disagreement with this jaunty bot mot. And as much as we enjoy urbane humor here at Dennemeyer, we too must contend that the Alpine nation has a truly unimpeachable standing in the fields of innovation and Intellectual Property (IP). However, as we shall see in this month's edition of the IP news summary, not all companies are as welcoming of Switzerland's application of trademark law.

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