• Design

    If you seek to have registered design in at least two European countries, it is advised to obtain a registered Community design (RCD) in the EU. RCDs are valid for all the countries in the EU, currently 28 countries, and are governed by a single legal system, providing strong and... Continue reading

     
  • Ireland – A Leading Location for Holding and Managing Intellectual Property

    Intangible assets include patents, registered designs, trade marks, certain know-how, domain names and goodwill directly attributable to those intangible assets. The allowances will typically follow the accounting write-down but the company can elect for a fixed write-down period of 15 years (7% per …

     
  • United States: TTAB Finds Two Puppy Marks Confusable For Bathroom Tissue

    The Board sustained Kimberly-Clark’s opposition to registration of the word + design mark shown below left, on the ground of likelihood of confusion with K-C’s registered mark shown below right, both for bathroom tissue. The Board observed that, although the words in a word + design mark like …

     
  • Sigma Designs, Inc. Announces Plan to Sell its Z-Wave Business for $240 Million

    The company designs and builds semiconductor technologies for Internet of Things (IoT) smart home devices. For more information about Sigma Designs, please visit: www.sigmadesigns.com. Z-Wave® is a registered trademark of Sigma Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM) and its subsidiaries in the United …

     
  • Could Livanova Plc Ord (NASDAQ:LIVN) Go Down After Its Newest Short Interest Report?

    The stock of Livanova Plc Ord (NASDAQ:LIVN) registered a decrease of 1% in short interest. LIVN’s total short interest was 2.43 million … LivaNova PLC, a medical device company, designs, develops, makes, and sells therapeutic solutions worldwide. The company has market cap of $4.16 billion.

     
  • Garmin wins international patent dispute over heart rate tech

    PulseOn Oy, a Finnish electronics company, sued the European unit of Garmin (Nasdaq: GRMN) for an alleged violation of its two Registered Community Designs for wrist-based heart monitoring. The United Kingdom’s High Court of Justice ruled that Garmin’s Elevate heart rate technology did not …

     
  • Problem Fixed – CJEU Decides on IP and the Right to Repair Goods

    … Acacia Srl v Pneusgarda Srl and Audi AG concerned the sale of alloy rims for cars, for which Audi owns several registered community designs (e.g. RCD 132899 and 207667). Acacia manufactured rims under the brand WSP Italy, sold on their website, which are identical to the rims registered by... Continue reading

     
  • Why the public has to wait until 2024 for safer matatus

    Only 322 matatus on Kenyan roads have complied with the new vehicle body structure standards, the national transport agency has revealed. Fearing a transport crisis, the agency announced that it would not pull out any of the estimated 200,000 public service vehicles from the road for not conforming …

     
  • New Records Set in Global Intellectual Property filings in 2016

    Many offices use the Nice Classification, an international classification of goods and services for registering trademarks and service marks. Applications received by these offices are …. An estimated 706,300 industrial designs were registered worldwide in 2016. This represents an annual decline of 3.5% …

     
  • A successful year for trade marks and designs worldwide

    However, the EU follows China in the number of design applications filed yearly. Interestingly, agriculture, research and technology and business services were the top three sectors in which trade marks were filed in 2016. Whereas, furniture was the most registered product worldwide. Additionally …