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The Japanese Patent Office Examination Guidelines have been revised regarding Section 1 paragraph 1: The Description Requirements of a Specification and Claims. 1 December 2011
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The Trade Descriptions Act 2011 was passed by the Malaysian parliament and published on August 18, 2011. 1 December 2011
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A remarkable preliminary court decision of the Dutch Court at The Hague of August 24 2011 in the court case regarding the Apple and Samsung smart phones and tablets has started an interesting discussion among Dutch IP lawyers. 1 December 2011
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On September 16, 2011, President Barack Obama signed into US law HR 1249, which is also called the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. 1 December 2011
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The provision of Art 123(2) and (3) of the European Patent Convention (EPC) is to avoid that an applicant or proprietor improves the scope of the application or patent by way of amendments. 1 December 2011
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The Council of Appellate Circuits of the Turkish Court of Appeals (the council) recently rendered a key decision with regard to well-known trademarks’ usage requirements in different classes. 1 December 2011
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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Fleischer Studios, Inc. v AVELA, Inc., had the potential to limit brand owners’ ability to protect their marks against third party merchandising and assert their rights in trademarks. 1 December 2011
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A typical prior art search for non-patent literature often involves primary or secondary sources of literature, but in many cases, does not include citations that can be found in both the patent and non-patent literature. 1 October 2011
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Three new Caribbean jurisdictions recently joined the world of IP practice: Curaçao, St. Maarten and the BES Islands—all emerging in the wake of the Netherlands Antilles, which was dissolved on October 10, 2010. 1 October 2011
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Medical advertising is highly regulated. The advertising of prescription medicine is even prohibited. 1 October 2011
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