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The Syndicate of the Pharmaceutical Products Industry of São Paulo has obtained an important victory that guarantees its members the right to use their trademarks while importing and commercialising vaccines in Brazil. 16 February 2015
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A ruling by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Court on December 26, 2013 started a debate on the examination of the obviousness of a software-implemented business method invention. 16 February 2015
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The question of whether geographical indications (GIs) should be extended to non-food and drink products is under scrutiny following the publication in July 2014 of a European Commission Green Paper on the topic. 16 February 2015
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Decision T 373/12 from the Technical Board of Appeal has asked the Enlarged Board of Appeal to give its opinion on the examination of the clarity of amended claims during opposition and opposition appeal proceedings, where the amendment is a literal insertion of an entire dependent claim or elements of a dependent claim are added to an independent claim. 16 February 2015
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In many European jurisdictions, including Germany, exhibitions of new products at trade shows often give rise to intellectual property disputes. In many cases, the defendants are not based in the country where the trade show takes place, and in some cases, the foreign exhibitors do not even intend to sell their products in that country. 11 February 2015
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The Further Implementation of the National Intellectual Property Strategy Action Plan 2014–2020, rolled out jointly by 28 ministries and state-level organisations in China, was published in December 2014. 11 February 2015
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Data exclusivity has caused no small amount of debate since its formal introduction into international law. 27 November 2014
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The licensing of IP, especially trademarks and copyright, remains topical even though there is a lengthy history of legal regulation in this area in Russia. 27 November 2014
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Although few amendments have been made to the Mexican Industrial Property Law over the years—a trend that has helped to improve the trademark registration process—the examiners’ criteria have undergone significant changes 27 November 2014
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Under article 82 of the European Patent Convention, a European application must “relate to one invention only or to a group of inventions so linked as to form a single general inventive concept”—ie, show a unity of invention. 27 November 2014
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