Customs Office - Destruction procedure in Serbia
EU Commission releases 2008 statistics on IPR-related Border Measures
New Korean automatic counterfeit detection system
Judgment of the ECJ in Case C-302/08, Zino Davidoff SA v Bundesfinanzdirektion Südost
Action by the Mexican Attorney-General’s office against counterfeiters
New trade mark legislation in Dominica
Changes in UK Customs procedures
Petosevic reports on new seizures in Bulgaria, Romania and Macedonia
See all archivesThe Court of appeal hearing the NOKIA ./. HMCR matter decided to refer a question for preliminary ruling to the ECJ, which will essentially address whether non-Community goods in transit from one non- Member State to another non-Member State are capable of constituting ‘counterfeit goods’ within the meaning of Article 2 (1)(a) of the border Measures Regulation if there is no evidence that they will be released into free circulation on the EU or be illicitly diverted onto the EU market. An article of Border Measures blogger Marius Schneider can be read here.
(read more)Thanks to Tilleke & Gibbins for updating us on the latest developments regarding border measures in Thailand.
(read more)The latest counterfeit seizure statistics have been released last week by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and US Immigrant and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
(read more)Those of you who want to read more on the case Zino Davidoff SA v Bundesfinanzdirektion Südost (Case C-302/08) European Court of Justice, 2 July 2009 can read it here. In this case the ECJ has decided that the holder of an internationally registered trade mark designating the European Community is entitled to file a ‘Community’ application for customs action under Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) 1383/2003 of 22 July 2003, just like the proprietor of a Community trade mark.
(read more)The Tilleke & Gibbins lawfirm announces that amendments have been proposed to the Trademark Act and the Copyright Act in Thailand, aiming to strengthen IPR enforcement.
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