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It is not always obvious which part of a computer program can be protected using intellectual property. Piotr Niezgódka takes a look. 1 December 2011
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The Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China was first promulgated in 1982 and entered into force in 1983; it was revised for the first time in 1993 and again in 2001. 1 December 2011
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Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) for human and veterinary medicinal products, as well as for plant protection products, became available in Romania upon the accession to the EU, on January 1 2007, under the EU legislation. 1 December 2011
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The District Administrative Court, which has the authority to hear complaints against decisions made by the Polish Patent Office in the field of industrial designs, has recently confirmed several important rules in this area. 1 October 2011
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US Congress enacted the TDRA in 2006 following the US Supreme Court’s 2003 decision in Moseley v V Secret Catalogue, Inc, which held that the FTDA required “a showing of actual dilution, rather than a likelihood of dilution”. 1 October 2011
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Resolution 1181-TPI/INDECOPI, issued on June 6, approved an $82,290 fine for a trademark infringer that illegally sold pipes bearing a trademark owned by a third party. 1 October 2011
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The use of ADR procedures as a means by which disputing parties can engage in negotiations to settle a dispute, without resorting to civil litigation, has increased in Japan since the 2011 East Japan earthquake. 1 October 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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The JPO strives to continually improve the patent system to better serve the needs of patent applicants and the public in view of globalisation and growing innovation. Kenji Sugimara and Takahiro Yamazaki explain. 1 October 2011
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