On December 14, 2020, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) issued a Practice Notice allowing trademark applicants to seek expedited examination for COVID-19-related goods and services...

There are changes coming to .NL domain registrations. Beginning October 1, 2023, owners of .NL domains will no longer be able to use proxy or privacy services as the nominal registrants of their domain name.

Amendments to the Nicaraguan Trademark Law came into force on April 3, 2020 to expedite trademark proceedings. The amendments were effected by Law No. 1024, published in the...

A new domain extension, .MUSIC, is launching soon. .MUSIC is a restricted TLD (top level domain) that is exclusive to artists, music-based business, and other members of the global music community.

Evidence submitted included confirmation that the sole director of the applicant company Snoop International Limited was none other than Michael Gleissner.

Protections available for new fashion designs in the U.S. appear more limited than in certain other countries and jurisdictions.

A modern trademark regime has come into force in Trinidad and Tobago with the implementation of The Trade Marks Act of 2015.

Until now, the Copyright Office accepted paper submissions from ISPs concerning their designated agents.

Trademarks filed before the Resolution with a single owner can be amended to co-ownership by way of an assignment.

On June 6, 2020, Mexico acceded to the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs, governed by the Hague Agreement.

Our December 19, 2019, newsletter reported Myanmar's "soft launch" of new trademark applications, which at the time was expected to commence on December 20, 2019.

Buried deep within Congress's December 21, 2020, COVID-19 Relief and Omnibus Spending bill is the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020.

In May 20, 2019 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a long-standing split in federal appeals court case law on whether a trademark licensor, in a federal bankruptcy proceeding, could terminate a trademark license ...

In 2008, shortly after release of Dreamworks' Kung Fu Panda film in China, a local individual filed a trademark application for KUNG FU PANDA covering various vehicle-related goods...

On May 18, 2018 a Decree amending certain articles of the present Industrial Property Law and introducing new trademark provisions was published in the Official Federation Gazette in Mexico.

Brazil acceded to the Madrid Protocol on July 3, 2019 making it the 105th member of the Madrid System. The Protocol will enter into force with respect to Brazil on October 2, 2019.

Myanmar's new trademark law is now ripe for implementation. The Myanmar Department of Intellectual Property (MDIP)'s new electronic filing system is expected to see a "soft" launch...

While one could question the reasoning of this case, it has so far been upheld by the higher courts.

Such requests are to be filed with the relevant jurisdiction's local trademark office rather than with WIPO.

The Eurasian Economic Union was created in 1994, culminating in the 2014 Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).