On January 1, 2019, the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) approved Amendment No. 5 to Israel’s Copyright Law, which adds the following provisions:
The new Myanmar Trademark and Geographical Indication and Industrial Design Laws were signed by the President on January 30, 2019. Now for the first time, there will be an Intellectual Property Office to handle IP matters, including registration. While the laws have been signed, neither will come into force until further notification by the President. More
We update our September 2018 article on the requirement to file Declarations of Actual and Effective Use under the amendments to the Mexican Industrial Property law. At that time, it was unclear whether the requirement would apply (i) only to registrations granted as of August 10,More
On October 1, 2018, Malawi implemented the Trademarks Act, 2 of 2018, replacing the Trade Marks Act 1957. The new Act effects the following salient updates to trademark law in Malawi:
A new Danish Trademark Act was implemented on January 1, 2019. Among the significant changes are:
Effective January 1,
2019, the Czech Industrial Property Office ceased rejecting trademark
applications ex officio based on prior conflicting identical registered
trademarks. Rather, trademark owners
must monitor published marks and oppose any conflicting marks within three months
of publication. Additional changes include the ability to register
certification marks,More
In an October 2018 decision, China’s National People’s Congress (“NPC”) approved a proposal to establish a new specialized intellectual property appeals court within the Supreme People’s Court (the “SPC”) in Beijing, effective as of January 2019. The IP Tribunal will serve as a national IP appellate court overseeing patent disputes,More
In June 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) proposed streamlined cancellation procedures in an effort to save practitioners and trademark owners both time and money. In January 2019, that vision became a reality when the USPTO announced the launch of its Expedited Cancellation Pilot Program (the “Pilot Program”). More
Last month, for the first time since 1998, a large collection of books, films, musical compositions, paintings, and other works entered the public domain in the United States. Works such as Charlie Chaplin’s The Pilgrim, Cecil B. DeMille’s The 10 Commandments,More
In our March
2014 Information Letter, we reported that Uruguay passed legislation
establishing a use requirement for registered trademarks (Section 187-Act No.
19149, October 24, 2013; see also Decree No. 277/2014 of October 7, 2014). We now report that, effective January 1,More