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After the Bang & Olufsen decision about trademark protection for the shape of headphones, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on September 18 this year, on a request concerning the implementation of article 3(1)(e) of the First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of December 21, 1988, to approximate the laws of the member states relating to trademarks. 27 November 2014
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Germany is the only country in Europe that has a bifurcated system of patent litigation. 27 November 2014
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Data exclusivity has caused no small amount of debate since its formal introduction into international law. 27 November 2014
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The licensing of IP, especially trademarks and copyright, remains topical even though there is a lengthy history of legal regulation in this area in Russia. 27 November 2014
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Although few amendments have been made to the Mexican Industrial Property Law over the years—a trend that has helped to improve the trademark registration process—the examiners’ criteria have undergone significant changes 27 November 2014
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A great deal of attention and discussion has been directed to the America Invents Act (AIA), which was passed into law by the US Congress in 2011. 27 November 2014
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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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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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