May Mip

The May 2005 effect of Euromoney Publications' Managing Intellectual Property, all 100 pages of it, is similar a shot on the streets. As usual, at that topographic point are to a greater extent than or less fascinating features inward it. Items published this May, simply inward fourth dimension for the International Trademark Association's Annual Meeting inward San Diego, include the following:

* Ethan Horwitz together with Karen Weinberger (Goodwin Procter) explicate how to wake upward your dormant brands -- assuming that your brands are dormant, that is ...

* "Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Pinch" is a tough review of United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland merchandise score litigation costs yesteryear SJ Berwin's merchandise score litigator Ray Black;

Ray Black: to a greater extent than or less suggestions for cheaper, quicker merchandise score litigation inward the UK

* David Morris (Slaughter together with May) analyses issues arising inward the battle betwixt United States of America of America nutrient giant Hormel together with a Dutch Antilles belongings fellowship over their respective SPAM together with SPAMBUSTERS merchandise marks;

* Adam Jaffe together with Josh Lerner, authors of Innovation together with Its Discontents (Princeton University Press, 2004), build proposals for the improvement of the United States of America of America patent system.

In add-on at that topographic point are features yesteryear both co-owners of the IPKat. Ilanah has written a review of the yesteryear year's primal European Court of Justice decisions on merchandise score registrability, piece Jeremy has focused on to a greater extent than or less of the to a greater extent than challenging merchandise score decisions inward Europe's national courts.