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Motorbike Restriction – Public Interest and Citizen’s Right

Written by Trung, Luong Van - Managing Partner of BROSS & Partners - Arbitrator of Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC). Published on The Saigon Economic Times No. 35-2014...

Corporate Seal: Child Overreaching Parents Causes Dilemma

Written by Trung, Luong Van - Managing Partner of BROSS & Partners - Arbitrator of Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC. Published on The Saigon Economic Times No. 33-2014...

Right to Sale of Mortgaged Asset: Fairer for Borrower

Written by Trung, Luong Van - Managing Partner of BROSS & Partners - Arbitrator of Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC). Published on The Saigon Economic Times No. 32-2014...

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General Court: La Nana v Nana

In Case T-196/13, Lina M.Stal-Florez Botero filed for application of the above mark for goods in Classes 16, 20 and 24. Nanu-Nana Joachim Hoepp GmbH & Co. KG...

Subscribe not distinctive for goods and services related to computers and books

“Subscribe” not distinctive for goods and services related to computers and books

General Court: ’Subscribe’ not distinctive for goods and services related to computers and books

In case T-404/13, the General Court (GC) decided on the registrability of the word mark ’SUBSCRIBE’. After several alterations to the initial application, NIIT Insurance Technologies Ltd sought...

Google and Viacom Settle Copyright-Infringement Lawsuit over YouTube

The companies, in a joint statement about the settlement Tuesday, said: “Google and Viacom today jointly announced the resolution of the Viacom vs. YouTube copyright litigation. This settlement...

Ban on Alcohol Sale: Good but Reasonable or Not?

Written by Trung, Luong Van - Managing Partner of BROSS & Partners - Arbitrator of Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC). Published on The Saigon Economic Times No. 30-2014...

Declaratory action for non-infringement of 2 PDOs rejected by the Rome Court

In its interim decision of 28 April 2014, the Rome Court rejected the action for a declaration of non-infringement of the Protected Designations of Origin for wine MAREMMA...

Gucci recovers nearly 200 UDRP domains

Luxury brand owner Gucci has recovered 197 domain names from a Chinese cybersquatter.