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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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The European Commission’s Innovation Union proposals, launched in 2010, aimed to give companies and non-commercial research entities the legal means to protect the special knowledge they develop. 30 September 2014
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A bankruptcy is generally in no-one’s best interest, and worsens everyone’s position. 30 September 2014
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Service invention has become a popular issue of late. Studies of service invention have shown that more than 60 percent of inventions for which patents are filed have been discovered through work performed under the umbrella of an employment relationship. 30 September 2014
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On February 25, 2014, the Russian State Duma passed a federal law introducing amendments to the provisions of Parts I, II and IV of the Russian Civil Code. The amendments will be effective from October 1, 2014. 29 September 2014
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Having a patent does not guarantee that a product or process infringes a patent, and in an infringement case it is very important for each party to provide the court with sufficient and relevant evidence supporting its case. 29 July 2014
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In January 2014, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice ruled on an important limitation to the liability of owners of an internet connection. 29 July 2014
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A patent is a statutorily granted right that gives the patentee an exclusive monopoly to a patented invention for 20 years in exchange for a detailed disclosure of the construction and/or working of the invention. 29 July 2014
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There is no dispute that one of the most innovative and relevant aspects of the reforms of June 10, 2011 to the Mexican Federal Constitution, specifically to Article 1 and to the expansion of the amparo, or protection, concept through a new Amparo Law, has been the formal adoption of the principle known as pro homine or pro personae by all judges nationwide. 29 July 2014
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A measure to reduce fees for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for requests for substantive examinations and annuities, set out in the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Act that was adopted on December 4, 2013 by Japan’s Diet, came into effect on April 1, 2014. The measure will remain in effect until March 31, 2018. 29 July 2014
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