Jurisdiction Reports
Copyright
A 2015 decision of the Ipoh High Court considered the difficult question of whether copyright can exist in a registered industrial design. 24 November 2017
Jurisdiction reports
When judges rule on patent infringement, they usually also rule on compensation. 24 November 2017
Jurisdiction reports
I once had the opportunity to read documents from a very old trial, before World War 1. It was just like reading a mysterious foreign language, with so many expressions that are forgotten today. One of them, however, impressed me very much: a fairly accurate translation would be “in the light of the wisdom of the judge”. All the context suggested that the judge was seen somehow as a source providing wisdom. 22 November 2017
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As of October 1, 2017 the last part of the new EU trademark regulation has come into effect. There has been a substantial number of publications inside and outside the EU on what to expect from the new regulation. Below is a short overview with some practical pointers on how the new regulation will affect trademark practice in the EU. 22 November 2017
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The current Mexican IP legislation covers the following trademark types: word marks, design (figurative) marks, 3D marks, and composite marks (mix of any of the types of marks). 22 November 2017
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Once upon a time, ‘patent’ was an unfamiliar word to the Chinese people, and a patent war was an alien concept. However, with millions of patent applications and trademark registrations having been filed year after year in China, a patent war has become another method of commercial competition in this country. 22 November 2017
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Extra-judicial proceedings can be initiated by a trademark owner against an alleged domain name registered fraudulently, to obtain its withdrawal or transfer through a decision rendered by one or several panellists. 21 November 2017
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Apple must have celebrated for days after a federal court jury on November 6, 2012 awarded it nearly $400 million in damages against its arch enemy
Samsung in the ongoing smartphone wars. 21 November 2017
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The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office has built up a tremendous patent backlog that is hampering the functioning of the patent system. Recent official data shows that a patent application would take 11 years before reaching a final decision. The prospect is bleak: IT inventions may take more than 14 years to get examined. In a rapidly changing field such as this, protracted examination renders most patents unusable. 3 November 2017
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The high rates of obesity among children in Chile is a problem that the health authorities have tried to tackle through different measures during the last few years. One of the most relevant actions was the modification of the food labelling regulation. Andrés Grunewaldt and Luis Felipe Opazo of Silva report. 3 November 2017
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