India adopts the 9th edition of the Nice Classification for trademarks(India)
India has adopted the 9th edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services for trademarks (“Nice Classification”), following an amendment of its Trade Marks Rules dated May 20, 2010.With this amendment, the service classes 43, 44 and 45 have become available for use in the country. Published and registered trademarks may be registered or renewed with their original classes, as reclassification for these trademarks is not mandatory. However, it will be necessary to undertake specific procedures for currently pending trademark applications, such as filing a petition for reclassification into the appropriate class(es) or limiting the scope of the application to the services of class 42.
Spanish Court dismisses claims that YouTube is responsible for infringing content.
A Madrid appeal court dismissed on September 23, 2010 a complaint filed by the Spanish television channel Telecinco, which was claiming that the popular video-sharing website YouTube is responsible for the copyright-infringing content uploaded by its users. The Court pointed out that YouTube offers a tool allowing copyright owners to erase infringing content, and stated that the responsibility to identify infringing contents and inform YouTube accordingly laid with copyright owners.
OKI Data is infringing on Ricoh’s US patent, says ITC in preliminary ruling
An administrative law judge of the US International Trade Commission (ITC) issued on September 23, 2010 a preliminary ruling stating that OKI Data was infringing on one patent owned by Ricoh. Ricoh had previously filed with the ITC a complaint alleging that OKI Data was infringing on five of its patents related to printer technology.
India has adopted the 9th edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services for trademarks (“Nice Classification”), following an amendment of its Trade Marks Rules dated May 20, 2010.With this amendment, the service classes 43, 44 and 45 have become available for use in the country. Published and registered trademarks may be registered or renewed with their original classes, as reclassification for these trademarks is not mandatory. However, it will be necessary to undertake specific procedures for currently pending trademark applications, such as filing a petition for reclassification into the appropriate class(es) or limiting the scope of the application to the services of class 42.
Spanish Court dismisses claims that YouTube is responsible for infringing content.
A Madrid appeal court dismissed on September 23, 2010 a complaint filed by the Spanish television channel Telecinco, which was claiming that the popular video-sharing website YouTube is responsible for the copyright-infringing content uploaded by its users. The Court pointed out that YouTube offers a tool allowing copyright owners to erase infringing content, and stated that the responsibility to identify infringing contents and inform YouTube accordingly laid with copyright owners.
OKI Data is infringing on Ricoh’s US patent, says ITC in preliminary ruling
An administrative law judge of the US International Trade Commission (ITC) issued on September 23, 2010 a preliminary ruling stating that OKI Data was infringing on one patent owned by Ricoh. Ricoh had previously filed with the ITC a complaint alleging that OKI Data was infringing on five of its patents related to printer technology.
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