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At the end of June 2014, the first law of employee inventions came into force in Romania. 30 September 2014
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On June 19, 2014 the US Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Alice Corporation Pty Ltd v CLS Bank International (Alice), affirming the underlying Federal Circuit’s opinion finding all claims of the patent in suit invalid. 30 September 2014
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The Constitutional Court has ruled that Article 42/1-c of Decree Law no. 556 on the Protection of Trademarks (the Trademark Decree Law) is contrary to the provisions of the Turkish Constitution. 30 September 2014
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The principle of specialty of marks establishes that a trademark registration protects only those goods or services for which specific protection was granted. 30 September 2014
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On May 14, 2014, the official adoption was announced of an act that includes amendments to (1) the Patent Law, as previewed in the January/February issue of WIPR; (2) the Design Law, as previewed in the March/April issue; and (3) the Trademark Law, as previewed in the May/June issue. 30 September 2014
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In the spring of 2014, the Canadian government loosened restrictions on the commercial exchange of medical cannabis, ushering in what some would call a ‘free market’ for the product. 30 September 2014
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Rule 6 of the European Patent Convention (EPC), set out in a Notice from the European Patent Office (EPO) dated January 10, 2014, introduced changes to the EPO’s old language-related fee-reduction system. 30 September 2014
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Brazil is a great place for technology companies to do business. 30 September 2014
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After Costa Rica joined the World Trade Organization in 1995, several obligations were placed on the country relating to IP. 30 September 2014
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Over the last four years, Germany’s Supreme Court of Justice has made an array of judgments, the result of which is that a long-standing rule in the German law of unfair competition has finally come to an end. 30 September 2014
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