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16/05/2012 New regulations makes it easier to register domain names in China
China changes its rules for registration of domain names under the top level domain .cn for legal entities from 66 countries. After a tightening of the rules a few years ago, it has only been possible for companies established within mainland China to register .cn domains. Therefore a number of international ...Click here to continue

04/05/2012 List of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) postponed
The list of all newly applied for  - but not finally approved - generic Top Level Domains will not be published until the last week of June 2012, according to ICANN’s CEO. ICANN estimates that at least 1,268 new generic Top Level Domains have been applied for.Previous news items about this topic:11/01/2012 ...Click here to continue

03/05/2012 INTA - Reception Zacco Group, 8 May 2012
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22/03/2012 MIP ranks Zacco in the top tier in their Trademark survey 2011
Zacco can once again proudly announce that the firm has been elected in the top tier in Managing Intellectual Property’s (MIP) IP survey regarding trademark prosecution in Benelux, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The MIP survey is based on the work of researchers in London, Hong Kong and New York who have ...Click here to continue

14/03/2012 Richard Branson won dispute regarding xxx domain name
National Arbitration Forum (FORUM) has handed down its first decisions in disputes concerning domain names registered under the new toplevel .xxx (adult entertainment). The first decision concerned the domain name which contained the trademark of a US based grocery company. The domain name ...Click here to continue

12/03/2012 Beware of bogus invoices (acquisition fraud)
Owners of intellectual property rights such as trademarks and patents are still regularly being sent bogus invoices. These are usually official-looking invoices or bills which charge the recipient for ‘inclusion in a register’. The senders have nothing to do with official registers or the IP authorities. ...Click here to continue

12/03/2012 PCT Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) extended
The European Patent Office (EPO), the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), and the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) have extended the trial period for the trilateral PCT‑PPH pilot programme until 28 January 2014. For patent applicants this is good news.To obtain protection in several parts of the world, ...Click here to continue

07/03/2012 New Managing Director appointed in Denmark
Mr Nicka Kirstejn is appointed Managing Director for our Danish operation, Zacco Denmark A/S, as of May 1, 2012 and will be working from our office in Copenhagen. Nicka takes over from Hans-Bertil Håkansson, CEO Zacco Group, who has been acting Managing Director since November 2011. Nicka Kirstejn has ...Click here to continue

11/01/2012 ICANN will now accept applications to operate new generic Top Level Domains
From 12 January 2012 to 12 April 2012 ICANN is accepting applications to operate new generic Top Level Domains (so called gTLDs). The change will in principle allow anyone to apply for a new generic Top Level Domain and, trademark owners will be able to register and run their own brand as a new Top Level ...Click here to continue

22/12/2011 Register your trademark on Google +
Google + is currently the fastest growing social network on the Internet. Google + has just recently launched the possibility to register pages connected to businesses, product and brands. For companies and brand owners this opens up the possibility to be present in the social network under their trademark, ...Click here to continue

05/12/2011 .xxx domain name registration opens on December 6, 2011 on a first-come, first-served basis
Earlier this autumn owners of registered trademarks had the opportunity to block their trademarks from use as .xxx domain names. On December 6, 2011, ICM Registry opens up the registration of all the remaining .xxx domains which means that companies with unregistered trademarks, companies that want to ...Click here to continue

02/12/2011 Zacco warns about fraudulent letters from OHMI
It has come to Zacco’s attention that fraudulent letters about Community Trademark registration from a company called OHMI are sent out directly to trademarks owners. The sender’s name, OHMI, is confusingly alike OHIM, The European Community Trademarks Office. The letters’ layout makes them look like invoices. ...Click here to continue

14/11/2011 Change in management Zacco Denmark
Marianne Johansen, Managing Director of Zacco Denmark since the merger with Albihns in 2009 will leave her position as Managing Director and take on a senior patent consultant position in Zacco. Hans-Bertil Håkansson, CEO of Zacco Group, working from our head office in Hellerup outside Copenhagen, will ...Click here to continue

04/11/2011 Patentability of human embryonic stem cells
            This news item discusses the patentability of human embryonic stem (hES) cells which is currently heavily debated, explaining the basic concept of stem cells and giving an overview of what the current legal situation is in Europe. What are stem cells?             Stem cells are a class of ...Click here to continue

28/10/2011 Zacco announces new Chairman of the Board
During the Zacco board meeting yesterday, October 27th, Stefan Ölander was appointed new Chairman of the Board, taking over responsibility from the former chairman Anders Folkvard. The changes are effective from 2011-10-27.Yesterday, Stefan Ölander, external owner and board member since May 2011, was ...Click here to continue

25/10/2011 Martin Sick Nielsen recommended in 2011’s IAM Licensing 250
For the second year Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) has looked into the key IP licensing issues around the world. This year AIM has also done a detailed research on leading patent and technology licensing lawyers in 25 major jurisdictions. The in-depth research goal was to identify those attorneys ...Click here to continue

25/10/2011 MIP ranks Europe’s largest patent firms - Zacco second largest in Europe on PCT filings
The European publication Managing Intellectual Property has published its yearly ranking of Europe’s largest IP firms. The ranking, which is based on filed PCT applications, places Zacco as number two in Europe. There has been an upward trend in the amount of filed patent applications during the last ...Click here to continue

12/10/2011 Over 9,000 .eu domain names re-released
Court confirms hijacking and revokes domain names In 2009, EU top-level domain registry EURid brought legal proceedings against Mrs Qingying Zheng, a private individual who had registered over 10,000 .eu domain names and was trying to sell them to trademark owners at exorbitant prices (some for as much ...Click here to continue

11/10/2011 US Patent Law adapts to the Rest of the World
After numerous failed attempts over the past decade at harmonizing US patent law with patent law abroad, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act was finally signed into law by President Obama on 16 September 2011. The changes include making it easier to oppose granted patents and applications and the playing ...Click here to continue

28/09/2011 Zacco sells Ipendo to CPA Global and forms strategic alliance with CPA Global
Zacco Group today announced the sale of Ipendo, a leading international intellectual property (IP) management software and service which Zacco has been the major owner (66%) of since 2007, to CPA Global, the world's top IP management specialist. The reason for selling Ipendo is that we want to focus ...Click here to continue

23/09/2011 New large owner in Zacco: Eterna Invest
Eterna Invest has become a major owner of Zacco. Eterna makes equity investments in growing companies with proven business models and a track record of revenue and earnings growth and with a leadership capable of sustaining that growth. Eterna assists these companies in accelerating their growth by providing ...Click here to continue

13/09/2011 Change in management Zacco Netherlands
Arlette Molenaar has been appointed Director Service Line Trademark for the Zacco Group. Steffen Moldow will be acting Managing Director until further notice. Questions relating to the Dutch operation should from now on be directed to Steffen Moldow. Telephone (direct) + 31 6 234 77 239 e-mail: steffen.moldow@zacco.com ...Click here to continue

30/08/2011 Block your trademarks from use as a domain name on porn websites
From 7 September 2011 to 28 October 2011, trademark owners will be able to block their trademarks from use as .xxx domain names in a so-called "Sunrise B" period. The new top level .xxx is dedicated to "adult entertainment", i.e. porn websites, which means that after 28 October 2011 it will be possible ...Click here to continue

08/08/2011 Søren Morbitzer Christoffersen new CFO as of August 1, 2011
Mr Søren Morbitzer Christoffersen is appointed CFO for the Zacco Group as of August 1, 2011 and will be working from our Hellerup (Copenhagen) office. Søren takes over from Annette Lindgreen. Søren Morbitzer Christoffersen has a strong financial and general management background from various CFO positions ...Click here to continue

01/07/2011 New Managing Director appointed in Sweden
Mr Christian Lindell is appointed Managing Director for our Swedish operation, Albihns.Zacco AB, as of September 2011 and will be working from our Stockholm office. Christian takes over from Søren Bjørn Martinsen, Director Business Development, who has been acting Managing Director since November 2010. ...Click here to continue

22/06/2011 gTLD-expansion approved by ICANN
Earlier this week the ICANN board approved the proposal for gTLD-expansion. In short it opens the possibility to register new gTLDs (generic Top Level Domains, ex .com, .info). The change will in principle allow anyone to apply for a new gTLD and, trademark owners will be able to register and run their ...Click here to continue

27/05/2011 Decision of the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal - Sexual crossing and selection of plants is not patentable even when using DNA markers
The core of the Decision 1. A non-microbiological process for the production of plants which contains or consists of the steps of sexually crossing the whole genomes of plants and of subsequently selecting plants is in principle excluded from patentability as being “essentially biological” within the ...Click here to continue

11/04/2011 One step towards an EJC Decision on the patentability of embryonic stem cells in Europe
On the 10 March 2011, the Advocates General of the European Court of Justice [ECJ] gave an opinion on the interpretation of Article 6(2)(c) of the Directive 98/44/EC. This opinion concerns the patentability of embryonic stem cells, as summarized below:· The concept of the human embryo starts from the ...Click here to continue

06/04/2011 Myriad Patent saga continues: Oral arguments begin
The US company Myriad Genetics has numerous patents on the BRCA genes, that play an important role in breast cancer. The patents that claim the genes are presently at stake in the US, having been deemed invalid at the New York federal court in March 2010. In the lawsuit, wherein several public organizations ...Click here to continue

04/04/2011 Newsletter
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31/03/2011 One step ahead and one step backward for the EU patent
1. The EU Competiveness Council have authorised “enhanced cooperation” in the area of unitary patent protection, and. 2. The European Court of Justice now states that the proposed Patents Court is not compatible with the provisions of the EU Treaty.The European Competiveness Council have given their ...Click here to continue

16/03/2011 Zacco in the top tier of MIP Trademark survey 2010
Once again Zacco is elected in the top tiers in Managing Intellectual Property’s (MIP) IP survey regarding trademark prosecution in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the Benelux. MIP’s survey of the world’s IP markets provides a unique perspective on IP practice, based on interviews with clients and practitioners ...Click here to continue

03/03/2011 Zaccos’ Lone Prehn, winner of the ILO Client Choice Award in Denmark
We are very proud to inform you that Lone Prehn, European Trademark and Design Attorney at our office in Hellerup, Denmark has once again, and the second year in a row, won the ILO Client Choice Award. Unlike other awards, one can only be nominated for the Client Choice programme by corporate counsel ...Click here to continue

17/02/2011 EU Patent Update
Latest news: Finally on the road towards an EU patent: Only Spain and Italy so far outside proposal to create a new EU-patentAfter failing to reach an agreement on an EU patent in December particularly due to Spain’s persistent opposition to leaving out Spanish as one of the main languages, the EU has ...Click here to continue

25/01/2011 Information about Greenland
As of 11 January 2011 Greenland will be covered if you designate Denmark in an application for International Registration under the Madrid Protocol. The Faroe Islands will still not be covered, only by a national Danish registration. A Community Trade Mark registration does not cover Greenland and the ...Click here to continue

17/01/2011 Zacco Advokater – Trademark Law Firm of the Year in Denmark
We are proud to announce that our associated law firm in Denmark, Zacco Advokater, has been chosen as the winner of the Corporate Intl Magazine 2010 Legal Award for “Trademark Law Firm of the Year in Denmark”. Corporate INTL 2010 Global Awards has undertaken detailed research by their own team looking ...Click here to continue

21/12/2010 Important change of EPC procedure
Search results obtained for priority application(s) must be submitted when filing EP-applications claiming a priority. Please be informed that the European Patent Office has recently announced further changes to the European patent procedure. In particular, amended Rule 141 and new Rule 70b EPC will ...Click here to continue

06/12/2010 Zacco hosted successful China seminars
Zacco recently hosted well-attended seminars in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Gothenburg, on enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in China with participants from all areas of the industry. Our Chinese associates from Kangxin Partners presented the latest trends in Chinese IP protection and enforcement ...Click here to continue

05/11/2010 Change in Swedish Management
In order to strengthen our focus on clients Peggy Bengtsson has been appointed Director Group Sales. This means Peggy will leave her position as Country Manager for Sweden and Søren Bjørn Martinsen, Director Business Development within Zacco Group, will be Acting Country Manager until further notice. ...Click here to continue

01/11/2010 Martin Sick Nielsen included in the IAM Licensing 250
The IAM Licensing 250 features the result of an in-depth qualitative research and lists the leading private practice licensing lawyers in more than 20 jurisdictions. The research is performed and published by the IAM Magazine and is believed to the the first researched based multi-jurisdictional guide ...Click here to continue

16/09/2010 The North Face vs The South Butt
Two years ago, 19-year-old Jimmy Winkelmann set up an online clothing retail site under the name The South Butt to finance his university studies. Unfortunately, the name, logo and slogan are highly reminiscent of those of The North Face. Parody or imitation? The South Butt claimed it was simply parodying ...Click here to continue

16/09/2010 Patent Pools for AIDS
Unitaid, an international organisation committed to scaling up access to treatment for HIV/AIDS and malaria, announces to make good progress on establishing a patent pool for AIDS drugs. The effort to start a patent pool was announced in 2009. Patent licence Its aim is to provide a one-stop-shop for ...Click here to continue

16/09/2010 Line Baun Danielsen wins over Se & Hør
On 10th June 2010, the Supreme Court reached a final decision in a case concerning privacy and the right to own image.On the cover and inside the magazine, Se & Hør showed photos of sportsjournalist Line Baun Danielsen, who together with her boyfriend bathed pregnant and topless on a nearly deserted ...Click here to continue

16/09/2010 Is the Sky the limit?
British Sky Broadcasting (“BSkyB”) ‘hangs up’ on Internet phone service Skype. BSkyB is embroiled in a legal battle with Skype, the Internet phone company’s flotation prospectus has announced. The broadcaster is accusing Skype of infringing its trademark rights to the word SKY, claiming that the name ...Click here to continue

21/07/2010 New Country Manager appointed in Germany
Mr Hajo Peters is appointed Country Manager for our office (Albihns.Zacco) in Munich, Germany as of July 15th. Hajo Peters is a European as well as a German Patent Attorney dealing mostly with cases from the life science area including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology but also in general ...Click here to continue

07/06/2010 Dispute over Marmite
Consumer brand manufacturer Unilever is unhappy about an ad produced by the British National Party (BNP) featuring a jar of Marmite, a trademark marketed by the Anglo-Dutch firm. Legal action In an article which appeared on the BBC website, Unilever announced it was considering legal action against the ...Click here to continue

07/06/2010 Apple bites HTC in patent suit
Apple has filed a lawsuit against the Taiwanese High Tech Computer Corp (HTC), maker of Google’s Nexus One Phone. Apple is claiming that HTC has infringed 20 of its US patents. Shift movement The patents cover the technology used in the finger-swipe unlocking mechanisms for mobile phones (activated by ...Click here to continue

07/06/2010 Mega domain name case in Belgium
EURid, the European Registry of Internet Domain Names, is embroiled in a legal battle involving more than 10,000 .eu domain names. EURid wants to withdraw the names, which it claims have been registered in bad faith. www.bentleymotors.eu In April 2006, a London resident, Qingying Zengh, registered 10,200 ...Click here to continue

21/05/2010 EPO Practice on Patentability for Computer Implemented Inventions Clarified
On 12 May 2010 the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office issued an opinion on the patentability of computer programs (case number G3/08). In the fifty-five page opinion, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) confirms the established practice of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent ...Click here to continue

22/04/2010 Zacco's Lone Prehn winner of the ILO Client Choice Awards 2010
The winners of the ILO Client Choice Awards 2010 have just been announced and we are delighted to inform you that Lone Prehn at our office in Hellerup is the exclusive winner of the Intellectual Property category for Denmark. Lone is one of the individual winners chosen in 48 jurisdictions worldwide.  Unlike ...Click here to continue

07/04/2010 Waveboards patent infringed
Alcom Computer Products BV must immediately suspend sales of its waveboards, since the technology it uses infringes the patent rights of the US skateboard company Street Surfing, according to a preliminary injunction issued on 2 December 2009 by a court in The Hague. Pivoting wheels Street Surfing has ...Click here to continue

07/04/2010 Gandhi vs Mont Blanc
Pen manufacturer Mont Blanc has fallen foul of India’s Centre for Consumer Education (CCE) regarding the use of a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi for a “limited edition” of one of its fountain pens. Mont Blanc is hoping to market its Gandhi pen for nearly € 16,000. Pretext of veneration The CCE has now filed ...Click here to continue

07/04/2010 Multimate yields to IKEA
Home products retailer Multimate has been ordered to redesign its logo and house style following infringement of its rival IKEA’s trademark rights. The ruling was issued on 26 January by the Court of Appeal in The Hague in response to an appeal lodged by IKEA. Appeal In August 2006 the district court ...Click here to continue

25/02/2010 Zacco in the top tiers of MIP survey for 2010
Once again Zacco is elected in the top tiers in Managing Intellectual Property’s (MIP) early IP survey. MIP’s survey of the world’s IP markets provides a unique perspective on IP practice, based on hundreds of interviews with clients and practitioners worldwide. This is the 14th survey and as in the ...Click here to continue

18/12/2009 Zacco new service provider for patent annuities
To our clients, This information pertains only to clients and any patents or patent applications that prior to the Albihns and Zacco merger was handled by a Zacco office. The information has no relevance for any patents or patent applications that was handled by Albihns prior to the merger. Furthermore, ...Click here to continue

12/06/2009 Two of the largest European Intellectual Property Law Firms, Albihns and Zacco, merge
Zacco and Albihns announced today that that they have signed an agreement signifying that two of the leading IP firms in Europe will be one as of July 1st, 2009. This is a further step in the Zacco Group expansion and implies that Zacco’s mother company in Denmark formally buys Albihns through a share ...Click here to continue

05/04/2009 Zacco elected as a top firm in MIP’s Patent & Trademark survey for 2009
The IP survey consists of rankings of the leading firms practising intellectual property in each country, presented in tiers. The total number of firms listed in each jurisdiction varies according to the size of the market. Zacco has been ranked in the tier 1 for trademark prosecution in Denmark, Norway, ...Click here to continue

02/04/2009 Scandinavian IP Law Review 2008 is now available
Scandinavian IP law Review is an annual review of the most important decisions in national Danish, Norwegian and Swedish intellectual property law published by Zacco on a complimentary basis. The 5th issue of Scandinavian IP Law Review is now available here: Scandinavian IP Law Review 08. For previous ...Click here to continue

01/03/2009 Zacco is sponsoring an innovation competition in Denmark
The competition's purpose is to encourage creativity and innovation for inventors and smaller companies to create focus and contribution to research and development for new products, processes, concepts and improvements of existing products. For further information see; http://www.startvaekst.dk Click here to continue

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