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As a follow-up to previous reports regarding discussions by subcommittees of the Industrial Structure Council’s IP Policy Committee concerning possible changes to Japan’s patent IP laws, here I will introduce once again, based on the Japan Patent Office Annual Report 2013, recent discussions by the Trademark Subcommittee regarding possible changes to Japan’s Trademark Law relating to new types of trademark. 1 June 2014
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The tort of passing off is typically centred upon the basic principle that “a man is not to sell his own goods under the pretence that they are the goods of another man”—otherwise commonly known as the classic form of passing off. 1 June 2014
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When a trademark application is filed in Mexico, the applicant may indicate the date of first use of the mark (day, month and year), if any. 1 June 2014
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Many risks arise when a company formed in one jurisdiction enters into an exclusive commercial licence and distribution arrangement with a company formed in another jurisdiction, particularly when the contract involves granting the licensee an exclusive licence to operate in a defined territory which is not home to either of the parties. 1 June 2014
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Although copying other people’s work has been around for ages (as painters of old will confirm) we seem to have entered an actual ‘age of copying’. 1 June 2014
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To obtain legal protection for an interior or exterior store design in Turkey a company can register it in one of two way: as a trademark or as an industrial design. 1 June 2014
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Well-funded corporations and corporate litigants have generally enjoyed considerable advantages when it comes to obtaining and fighting over US patent rights. Some might argue that to think otherwise would suggest naïveté. 1 June 2014
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As well as the discussions in the Japan Patent Office (JPO) about changing Japan’s patent law, described in my last WIPR report, there have also been talks in the JPO about changing Japan’s design law, based on the Japan Patent Office Annual Report 2013. 1 April 2014
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After years of debate and extensive discussion, the Canadian government tabled five international IP treaties in the House of Commons—all on one day. 1 April 2014
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Brazil is the largest consumer of agrichemicals in the world, with agrichemical sales there hitting $11 billion last year, according to crop protection news website Agrow, but its patent system still has to be developed if innovative firms aiming for an adequate return on their investment are to receive the appropriate patent protection. 1 April 2014
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