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Why is it important to watch internationalized domain names?

Internationalized domain names (IDNs) give people around the world the ability to access websites using their local language. It is estimated that there were around 400 million Internet users in 2000. By 2020, there could be more than five billion … Read More

Ouganda : la reforme sur la propriete industrielle du 6 janvier 2014 enfin en vigueur

Malgré l’absence de Règlement adopté, la loi sur la propriété industrielle du 6 janvier 2014 est aujourd’hui en vigueur en Ouganda. Ce nouvel acte concerne une large branche la propriété intellectuelle, sans toutefois réformer le droit des marques. Une protection … Read More

Now in force in Uganda, the industrial property reform of January 6th 2014

Despite no Regulation having been adopted, the law on industrial property of January 6th, 2014 is now in force in Uganda. The new act affects a major part of intellectual property law but does not reform trademark law. Regulated protection … Read More

Now in force in Uganda, the industrial property reform of January 6th 2014

Despite no Regulation having been adopted, the law on industrial property of January 6th, 2014 is now in force in Uganda. The new act affects a major part of intellectual property law but does not reform trademark law. Regulated protection … Read More

Trademark law reform in Rwanda: the ministerial order of March 17th 2016

Rwanda’s intellectual property legislation has been undergoing a wave of reform and modernization for a couple of years now. Indeed, a number of changes have been made in the area of Rwandan intellectual property. A new law, Law No. 005 … Read More

Internationalized domain names: the monitoring of non-Latin character domain names

Internationalized Domain Names (IDN TLD) allow people around the world to access domain names in their local language. Cybersquatting has also expanded from the standard Top Level Domains like .com or .cn to non-Latin scripts including Arabic, Chinese and Cyrillic scripts … Read More

New gTLDs

    Upcoming Sunrises/Sunrises à venir   TLD               Sunrise Open            Sunrise Close .doctor              23/08/2016                 … Read More

New gTLDs

    Upcoming Sunrises/Sunrises à venir   TLD               Sunrise Open            Sunrise Close .doctor              23/08/2016                 … Read More

How to protect recipes? Copyright or Know-how?

It is rare, but not impossible for a recipe to be granted protection. A recipe is a combination of a list of ingredients and practical instructions and the result of a recipe can be the creation of an original dish. … Read More

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Trademark opposition system: effective as of August 30th 2016 in Mexico

With the coming into force of the Madrid Protocol in Mexico, it was necessary to implement an opposition system to strengthen the registration process of trademarks and enhance the competitiveness as well as the dynamism of intellectual property rights’ protection … Read More