Category: Insights

The Indian Jungle – an IP perspective, part 1

“Now these are the laws of the jungle, and many and mighty are they…” – Rudyard Kipling wrote these

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Swedish Government forms Innovation Council

According to a recently published article in the Swedish business journal Veckans Affärer, the Swedish Minister for Enterprise and

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Is there anything morally wrong with “Je suis Charlie”?

In continuation of the terrible terror attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, social medias were flooded with

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The UPCA Opt-in/Pin-out scenario

The Unified Patent court agreement (UPCA) has been ratified in 2014 by both Denmark and Sweden, so even if

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Winning and losing – The battle of the Jensens

A decision from the Danish Supreme Court arose the public’s anger in September 2014 even though the decision –

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Trademarks: Device elements – no longer a safe path to registration

For many years, adding device elements to descriptive words included in trademarks has been sufficient for obtaining distinctiveness – non-distinctive

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New Patent Prosecution Highway possibilities for both Danish, Swedish and European applicants

As the PPH expands further, both Danish, Swedish and indeed European patent applicants are offered new possibilities of speeding

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Revisions to Canadian Trademark Act

Earlier this year Canada’s government proposed Canada major changes to the Canadian Trademark Act and in June the bill

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European patent validation in Morocco and Tunisia

Recently, the EPO has initiated work on a new interesting possibility for European patent applicants. Namely, the EPO has

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Swedish supreme court: Trademark infringement is not a crime for which “the nature of the crime” motivates imprisonment

It is rather well-known that a trademark infringement may result in claims for damages. On the other hand, the

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