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In 2014, the Turkish Constitutional Court hit the headlines after cancelling several articles of the Decree Law No. 556 on the Protection of Trademarks. In May, the court struck out two more articles of the law, 16(5) and 7(1)(i), on the basis that they are unconstitutional. 10 August 2015
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Online job banks continue to play an important role in the employee recruitment market due to their convenience and the accelerated growth of the internet. A typical business model of a job bank is that it offers online space for job applicants to upload their resumes. It’s free, so the job bank can collect as many resumes as possible. 10 August 2015
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South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal was confronted with an interesting case in Mantella Trading 310 v Kusile Mining, where the disputed issues, outside of the expected ones of patentability and infringement, concerned sufficiency. 10 August 2015
Copyright
In May 2015 a Dutch court ruled in a matter concerning the relationship between the interface of a software application (computer program), its source code and copyright. 10 August 2015
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The practice for classifying goods and services in Mexico has undergone many changes over the years, in response to local necessities and amendments to classification from an international perspective. 10 August 2015
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Intellectual property is increasingly becoming a crucial catalyst of business growth in globalised and developing economies such as Malaysia. We have seen a steady growth in patent applications filed in Malaysia in the last decade, which is testament to the nation’s growing and evolving IP industry. 10 August 2015
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To further globalisation, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) is involved with several initiatives that have harmonised Japan’s relationship with overseas countries. 10 August 2015
Copyright
According to a June 1 decision by the Court of Rome, the uploading of photos on one’s own Facebook wall using the ‘public’ setting does not amount to granting a copyright licence to third parties. Therefore, whoever downloads photos marked ‘public’ from a Facebook wall and uses them without authorisation infringes copyright and may be liable for damages. 10 August 2015
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In Germany, and in Europe for that matter, the trademark ‘Nivea’ for cosmetics is a well-known trademark of the German manufacturer Beiersdorf. 10 August 2015
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In May 2015 Decree No. 2015-511 was adopted on the basis of article 21, section II of Law No. 2000 covering the rights of citizens in their exchanges with the administration (public services), following the approval of Decree No. 2014-1280 in October 2014. 10 August 2015
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