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A ‘descriptive trademark’ is one that identifies a characteristic, quality, purpose or some other aspect of a product or service. 1 February 2011
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The landmark class action taken by APEDA and others against Malaysian company/rice giant Syarikat Faiza Sdn Bhd, in relation to the rice variant ‘Ponni’, received a lot of attention. 1 February 2011
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The popularity and globalisation of reality television programmes has increased the value of television formats. However, such formats or concepts regularly are not protected by copyright law. 1 February 2011
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The IPC has issued a resolution stating that when products are not covered by a registered trademark, but are similar to goods explicitly mentioned in a certificate of registration, the goods have effectively been used. 1 February 2011
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According to the regulations set out by NASK, the Polish national registry for .pl domain names, domain name disputes are to be resolved by arbitration courts (proceedings similar to UDRP) or common courts. 1 February 2011
Jurisdiction reports
Prior to 1993, South Africa trademark law was based to a large degree on the statutory law of the United Kingdom. 1 February 2011
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The Patents County Court is more than just a court for patent disputes. The name of the court doesn’t tell the whole story. 1 February 2011
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Mainland China and Taiwan signed an agreement on June 29, 2010, on cross-straits intellectual property protection. 1 February 2011
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A court decision concerning the “reasonable value” received by an employee as compensation for employee inventions is again in the spotlight in Japan. 1 February 2011
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Recently, Mexican examiners have faced controversy over how to determine the patentability of ‘new’ technologies; in particular, the best strategies for evaluating the patentability criteria of computer-implemented inventions that, in most cases, are automations of well-known methods. 1 February 2011
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