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On May 17, 2016, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) issued an announcement titled “Caution to trademark owners whose trademarks might have been filed for registration by other persons”. It ensures that much public attention is being given to the unusual recent mass number of trademark applications made by certain entities and persons. 3 October 2016
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A decision by the Court of Milan (R.G. 54450/2012) in January 2015 held that an Italian part of a European patent was invalid for, inter alia, having a lack of essential features in the independent claims. 3 October 2016
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From the perspective of a practitioner in patent infringement law, the German courts’ take on equivalence may be illustrated as a wave movement, or a pendulum that constantly, if unevenly, swings back and forth. Sometimes it appears to be more in favour of broadening the criteria for patent infringement based on equivalence, sometimes it appears to be more restrictive. 3 October 2016
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The French alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedure, named Syreli, applicable when a .fr domain has been registered in contravention of prior rights, entered into force on November 21, 2011 and is enforced by AFNIC, the French body responsible for internet regulation. 3 October 2016
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A graphical user interface (GUI) refers to an interface presented as a graph or image in a display which links to an operating system. A user can perform an operation by clicking the graph or image in the interface. 3 October 2016
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In 2013, the Chilean government sent a draft law to Congress aiming not just to modify industrial property legislation, but to completely replace it. 3 October 2016
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Owners of UK registered designs and registered Community designs (RCDs) will soon have the opportunity to re-register their rights in the Cayman Islands. 3 October 2016
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The US Supreme Court has delivered what many believe is a significant win for parties seeking to weed out weak or defective US patents. 9 August 2016
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Sometimes traders obtain branded goods removed from their original packaging. Before sale to consumers, the branded product is repackaged and either the original trademark or other trademarks are put on the new packaging. This is an issue frequently faced by trademark owners in Turkey, and unfortunately court practice has not been established. 9 August 2016
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In Taiwan, the appearance of a product can be subject to intellectual property protection such as a design patent, trademark, copyright or, specifically, trade dress under the Fair Trade Act. 9 August 2016
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