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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will soon rule on whether it is an abuse of dominant position by the owner of a standard-essential patent (SEP) to sue for infringement a third party that wants to use the patent. SEPs have to be licensed on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. 16 February 2015
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Mexican authorities, particularly the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT), have approved regulations related to the ‘must offer/must carry’ rules. These rules will apply to the retransmission of over-the-air broadcast signals by cable and direct-to-home (DTH) satellite operators. 16 February 2015
Copyright
Piet Mondrian was a Dutch painter who lived from 1872 until 1944, and is famous for his cubist paintings. According to the US-based Mondrian Trust, which holds the copyright to most of Mondrian’s works, much (but not all) of the copyright expired on January 1, 2015. 16 February 2015
Jurisdiction reports
In November 2014, the Finnish president ratified the Information Society Code. The new act constitutes a comprehensive review of the current legislation governing electronic communications, repealing a number of acts such as the Domain Name Act, the Act on the Protection of Privacy in Electronic Communications, and the Communications Market Act. 16 February 2015
Jurisdiction reports
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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