Breaking news: eBay fined €1.7 million for failure to block luxury brand sales

Scope of protection of a protected designation of origin

Now mustard and chestnuts secure PGI protection

German Federal Patent Court: “Bollywood macht glücklich!” (tr: Bollywood makes you happy!).

Poland: new Chairman of the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys

Bud court asks ECJ: what is "acquiesced"?

New UK rules protect 'Scotch Whisky' appellation

Austria: 900,000th .at-domain registered

Get ready for the .eu IDN landrush on 9 December, midnight!

Manifest inadmissibility of reference for preliminary ruling

Poland: display dates directly

Spain - Rock band name, under dispute.

New proposed cancellation action for non-use in Switzerland

Russia: update on the registration of Cyrillic domain names

Spain – Supreme Court on slogan trade marks: no need of a special treatment (if anyone still doubted).

Proposed legislation on the use of "Swiss made"

Germany: Otto buys Quelle trade marks

Recent publications

McDonald's goes green - literally

Champagne house defends its right to CRISTAL in Russia

Pirate Bay battles to assert IP rights in its logo

New regime for Portuguese fees now in force

Free Trade Agreement EU- South Korea : For the first time in a Bilateral Agreement between the EU and a Third Country, the EU provides for the Protection of European GIs for Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs.

'Summer Skin' No Trade Mark Rules Belgian Supreme Court

Trade mark portfolio management software: market survey

CLEARWIFI – the meaning is too clear to be registered

More news from the OHIM: "CTM Bulletin goes daily"

CFI to applicant: Dude, you can drink cannabis, too

New forms and helpful English language documents now available on DPMA's website

OHIM: Latest Issue of Alicante News

Poland: Gazeta wants to free Winnie the Pooh

Spain – the mysteries of absolute grounds for refusal NOW REVEALED.

CFI: THINKING AHEAD is not allowed

It's nice to have a guaranteed monopoly

New search tool by OHIM and participating offices

German Federal Patent Court: "Tortellini" and "Ravioli" non-distinctive for sweets

Three more PGI regulations in force

No peace for UNOX in Switzerland

Poland: can real food serve as a trade mark?

Italy tightens up regulations on use of MADE IN ITALY

Driving instructor with brand identity and humour

Third-party observations: new OHIM practice statement

Competition group to discuss implications of L'Oréal v Bellure

PGI status for Riso del Delta del Po

Firecraft dispute: registry decision leads to High Court estoppel

La Bella della Daunia: PDO changes approved

Beatles' records on an apple-shaped USB-stick - do I sense a little provocation?

Italian law amends Italian IP Code and reinforces protection to IP right holders under Italian Criminal Code.

Adwords: the questions passed to the ECJ in Interflora vs M&S

Poland: jailtime for selling fake croissants

BOOHOO! Interim relief includes disabling of domain name

Finland: 2009 in Counterfeits

OHIM to launch a products/services similarity database in 2010

Russia: Cyrillic domain names - the new way forward

ICANN aproves internationalized Top Level Domains - trade mark owners get ready for the landrush