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Several issues surrounding the nullity defence in design infringement lawsuits in Germany under the new German Designs Act have arisen. 1 June 2014
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A Swedish patent application is filed with the Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV), and is granted for a term of up to 20 years from the filing date (if the annual renewal fees are paid). 1 June 2014
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The first specialised IP rights court has been operating for almost a year in Russia. Altogether, nearly 600 cases had been filed by the end of March 2014. 1 June 2014
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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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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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Border measures have become a commercial weapon for patent right holders in recent years, especially for the mobile phone manufacturers that have attempted to ban the importation of their competitors’ products by seeking injunctive relief from the US International Trade Commission (USITC). 1 June 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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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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It would be good to think that intellectual property law and regulations in Mexico cover all the aspects and possible issues that might arise from their own provisions, but that is not the case. 1 April 2014
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