Organisation: WIPO

Register Tracker Asia-Pacific: January-April 2024

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WTR analyses trademark filing trends at major Asia-Pacific registers. 

26 June 2024

Register Tracker Europe and North America: January-April 2024

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WTR analyses trademark filing trends at major North American and European registers. 

25 June 2024

What is holding Cambodia’s IP system back?

A new academic paper looks to explain why Cambodia's IP system is “underdeveloped compared to its ASEAN counterparts”.

20 June 2024

Domain names consisting of dictionary words: the ‘motherhood.ai’ case

The decision serves as a reminder that trademark owners should carefully assess their legal strategies and evidentiary support when engaging in UDRP proceedings.

18 June 2024

Innovation at the Hong Kong IP Department: update on non-core tools and services

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In a new update, representatives from the Hong Kong IP Department reveal the innovative non-core tools and services that the agency offers trademark users – and some of those planned for the future.

13 June 2024

UDRP complaint fails because(.com) there is no evidence of fame

There was no evidence that the complainant's BECAUSE trademark had amassed such fame as to displace the dictionary word usage of the term ‘because’ in the minds of the public.

11 June 2024

What a Modi third term means for IP policy in India

Local lawyers expect Narendra Modi, who will be the prime minister of India for another five years, to continue pro-IP policies. 

06 June 2024

Competing interests: the UDRP is not a general domain name court

While there may be some conceptual overlap, trademark infringement and the abusive registration of domain names under the UDRP are not always the same thing.

05 June 2024

USPTO proposed fee changes: WIPO believes rule update will "violate" Madrid Protocol

The comment window for the USPTO’s proposed adjustment of trademark fees closed on 29 May, with some scathing in their assessment of the proposed rule changes.

31 May 2024

Trademark activity drops across all but one major register, Clarivate report shows

Trademark filings fell across five of six major registers in 2023, a new report by Clarivate reveals, but the results are more positive than they seem. 

30 May 2024

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