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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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In a recent decision from the Supreme Administrative Court on May 15, 2014, a ruling by the Intellectual Property Court (IP Court) to reinstate a previously invalidated trademark that had been granted by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) was overruled for retrial. 27 November 2014
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The Federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which has two specialist panels hearing IP cases against INPI, has recently issued a decision guarding parties’ freedom of interest against an attempt to use the public interest to invalidate a set of patents. 27 November 2014
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On August 31, 2014, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress adopted a resolution to establish specialised courts for IP cases in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. 27 November 2014
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On June 14, 2013, Japan’s cabinet approved a draft of the nation’s future IP policies: Japan’s Basic Policies for the Protection of IP (BPPIP). 27 November 2014
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Companies wishing to obtain legal protection for their interior or exterior store designs in Turkey are faced with two options: register it either as a trademark or as an industrial design. 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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A government bill, published in October, proposes several changes to Finland’s Copyright Act, including the following: 27 November 2014
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After the Bang & Olufsen decision about trademark protection for the shape of headphones, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on September 18 this year, on a request concerning the implementation of article 3(1)(e) of the First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of December 21, 1988, to approximate the laws of the member states relating to trademarks. 27 November 2014
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Germany is the only country in Europe that has a bifurcated system of patent litigation. 27 November 2014
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