Late on September 30, an agreement (USMCA) was reached between the United States, Mexico and Canada which modernizes the 24 year old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). A substantial part of the agreement relates to intellectual...

On January 1, 2019, the 11th edition of the Nice Classification entered into force. With it came several changes from the previous version, in particular in connection with descriptions of dispenser apparatuses, research services and class...

On July 20, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (in regards to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe in Allergan, Inc. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.) held that Native American tribes do not enjoy Sovereign Immunity which would...

Canada has joined the Hague system by depositing the instrument of ratification of the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement on July 16th, 2018. This agreement provides the means of protection for Canadian industrial designs within the Hague System with...

In a SCOTUS decision on June 22, 2018, the Court granted the loss of overseas profits to be included in the damages in the case of WesternGeco LLC v. Ion Geophysical...

The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol on March 26th, 2018 and went into force on June 26th,...