Category Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

WTO Ministerial: TRIPS Issues May Be Tackled In Smaller Groups Seeking Compromises

By Kaitlin Mara and William New A meeting tentatively scheduled for late Wednesday evening to mediate differences of opinion on three intellectual property issues was postponed, at least until Thursday, when consultations may move into smaller groups, sources say. There…

Norway Chairs As Europe Replies GIs A WTO ‘Must’; Others Gear Up Biodiversity Push

By Kaitlin Mara with William New Key stakeholder nations on intellectual property issues at this week’s World Trade Organization ministerial in Geneva are holding consultations with the Norwegian foreign minister facilitating to iron out positions before meeting later tonight with…

Schwab: US Will Not Negotiate On Extension Of Geographical Indications At WTO

By Kaitlin Mara United States Trade Representative Susan Schwab on Tuesday told reporters at the World Trade Organization that the United States does not plan to negotiate this week on the extension of high-level protections on product names associated with…

Talks But No Breakthroughs Yet On IP Issues For Ministers At WTO

By William New and Kaitlin Mara Intellectual property issues have been a topic of debate at the World Trade Organization ministerial negotiations since Friday and while there have been no changes in positions there has been some talk of looking…

New WTO Draft Modalities Text On IP Issues Gathers Wider Support

[Note: IP issues may be the subject of meetings between ministers and WTO DG Lamy over this weekend, according to sources.] By Kaitlin Mara and William New A new draft of proposed modalities for negotiating three intellectual property issues at…

Modalities Drafted For WTO Geographical Indications, Biodiversity Amendment

By Kaitlin Mara A confidential draft text circulated recently among some World Trade Organization members reveals an attempt to consolidate separate proposals aimed at the protection of product names with location-related associations and characteristics (called geographical indications) and at the…

Work Remains For ICANN’s New Top Level Internet Domains

By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch PARIS – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the “biggest extension of the DNS [domain name system] in 40 years” after its decision last week to finish implementation of…

Contrairement à certains, les offices nationaux ne constatent pas l’essor des marques non traditionnelles

Par Catherine Saez Les propriétaires de marques qui cherchent à élargir la protection de leurs produits se tournent de plus en plus vers l’enregistrement de marques non traditionnelles, selon l’Association internationale pour les marques (International Trademark Association, INTA) et l’Organisation…