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Ridings, Orozco and Diego-Fernández Andrade are appeal arbitrators at the WTO in Switzerland

In this week’s roundup of IP developments, we focus on judges. The England & Wales Court of Appeal reversed decisions in Actavis v Lilly and Smith & Nephew v ConvaTec, there was a landmark in Switzerland’s Federal Patent Court and Judge Alex Kozinski visited London

Switzerland, Sweden and Singapore have been rated the most innovative in an index of 125 economies

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The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was signed on Saturday in Japan by nearly all of its negotiating countries.

A recent decision by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court has ended a 12-year battle between LEGO System and Mega Brands over the validity of Lego's three-dimensional building block trade mark registrations in Switzerland. The Supreme Court has now confirmed the nullity of Lego's respective trade mark registrations on grounds of technical necessity of the registered building block shapes.

A US company MD Science Lab filed a trade mark application number 2012718142 for Swiss Navy in respect of goods in class 5 (pharmaceuticals). The patent office refused the registration because the claimed designation includes the word element Swiss. In the opinion of the patent office the word "swiss" would be confusing with regard to the location of the applicant and place of production of goods because the applicant is a US resident. For the sake of justice it should be noted that not so many Russians would understand that this Latin word combination means.

Tang is the Director General of WIPO in Switzerland

A new IP law firm, AIPEX, seeks to provide a unique IP service by offering a one-stop service through its independent member firms in 11 European locations

The recruits include another former Stobbs lawyer, as well as a chief technology officer and chief financial officer