We use cookies to customise content for your subscription and for analytics.
If you continue to browse Lexology, we will assume that you are happy to receive all our cookies. For further information please read our Cookie Policy.
Lexology logo






  Request new password

Search results

Order by most recent / most popular / relevance

Results: 1-10 of 57

April 2013 Intellectual Property Quarterly Newsletter

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • April 25 2013

In this edition, we continue our coverage of significant IP developments in Europe, Asia, and the United States

Varieties of plants: entry into force of the law of 13 December 2011 and a new decree regarding the courts of first instance specialised in this field

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • December 31 2012

Following the law n 2011-1862 of 13 December 2011 regarding the repartition of litigations and the alleviation of some court proceedings

The changing face of China's Civil Procedure Law: effects of the recent amendments

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • November 1 2012

China's recently amended Civil Procedure Law ("CPL") will come into force on January 1, 2013

Common objects but uncommon protection

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Italy
  • -
  • April 26 2012

How may everyday objects be protected under IP law if no registered IP right has been applied for?

New opinions from the Supreme People's Court of China: a bird's eye view of high-fly principles

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • April 26 2012

On 16 December 2011, the Supreme People's Court of China (SPC) released new Opinions focusing on IP adjudication and covering several areas, including trademarks, copyrights, patents and trade secrets

Full review of the opinions from the Supreme People's Court of China on giving full play to the functional role of intellectual property trials (issued Dec 2011)

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • April 16 2012

On 16 December 2011, the Supreme People's Court of China released Opinions of the Supreme People's Court on Giving Full Play to the Functional Role of Intellectual Property Trials in Advancing the Great Development and Prosperity of Socialist Culture and Promoting Independent and Coordinated Economic Development

First IP courts in Spain as of 1 January 2012

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • January 27 2012

Effective 1 January 2012, Spain has established its first five truly specialized IP courts in Barcelona

Limited means against counterfeit or infringing goods in transit

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • January 27 2012

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decided that unauthorized product imitations in transit through EU territory may only be detained by customs if there are specific indications that the products were or will be subject to trade in the EU

Appeal court finds AFNIC not liable for failing to 'freeze' a domain name

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • December 19 2011

In October 2009 the French Association for Internet Names and Cooperation (AFNIC), the registry for the '.fr' country-code top-level domain, was ordered to pay compensation of 4,500 to the owner of the FRANCE LOTS trademark for failing to 'freeze' a domain name upon its request

Short sports broadcast clips

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Austria, European Union
  • -
  • November 28 2011

On 10 September, the European Official Journal published a notice of a case brought in June 2011 to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) concerning whether the provision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS Directive) that makes short news clips virtually free violates fundamental property rights

Current Search

Suggested Facets

Author

Jurisdiction

Workarea

© Copyright 2006-2013 Globe Business Publishing Ltd | Cookies | Disclaimer | Privacy policy