The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to use a case involving Booking.com to consider whether businesses can get federal trademark protection for website names that center on a commonly used word.
情報源: Booking.com Case Gets Supreme Court Review in Trademark Test – Bloomberg
Booking.com – Be a Booker, 0:16
https://youtu.be/qUBCz9-reg4
Landmark agreement will protect 100 European Geographical Indications in China
情報源: EU-China landmark Geographical Indications agreement
Today the EU 🇪🇺 and China 🇨🇳 concluded the negotiations on a bilateral agreement to protect 100 European Geographical indications (GIs) in China & 100 Chinese GIs in the EU against imitations & usurpation.
欧州で特許など知的財産権の分断への懸念が強まってきた。商標と意匠は現在、欧州内で制度が統一されているが、英国の欧州連合（EU）離脱でふたつの制度に割れる恐れが出てきた。一方、制度統一に向けて作業中の
菅官房長官は４日、鳥取県境港市で、日本酒などの輸出に取り組む酒造会社の店舗を視察し、日本酒の海外輸出拡大に向けた支援を強化する方針を表明した。具体策として〈１〉外国向けの新商品開発の支援〈２〉海外のバイヤーの日本への招請〈３〉農産品の知的財産権を規定する「地理的表示」の活用――を進める意向を示した。
情報源: 菅氏、日本酒には「大変可能性がある」…輸出拡大支援へ具体策 : 経済 : ニュース : 読売新聞オンライン
菅長官が酒蔵視察 日本酒の輸出拡大へ支援策検討(19/11/04), 0:55
As of 04 November 2019, the National Institute of Industrial Property of Argentina (INPI) joined TMclass, and will use and accept the list of terms from the harmonised database (HDB) within the tool.In addition, the National Institute for the Defense of Free Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property of Peru (INDECOPI) has joined DesignClass and will use and accept the list of terms from the harmonised database of product indications (HDBPI).
The Global Brand Database now includes the collection of Madagascar with over 20,000 records.This brings to 57 the number of national/regional collections available in the Global Brand Database.
情報源: Madagascan Trademarks Added to the Global Brand Database
