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Fashion brands will welcome significant reforms to Australia’s trademark and copyright enforcement mechanisms under the Intellectual Property Laws (Amendment) Raising the Bar Act 2012, which will come into force on April 15, 2013. 1 February 2013
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The Malaysian government recently announced, in connection with its 2013 budget, that an intellectual property financing fund scheme will be set up with an allocation of RM200 million (US$65 million). 1 February 2013
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The linkage system is defined as an exchange information system between the COFEPRIS, the entity responsible for the granting of health registrations for drugs, and the IMPI, the one responsible for granting a patent right to a product. 1 February 2013
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Data test protection is constituted by information resulting from tests conducted with a novel molecule, which have determined the efficacy and safety of it. 1 February 2013
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In a November 12, 2012 decision involving two trademarks comprising representations of a shark, the Supreme Court of the Philippines discounted confusing similarity between them upon noting their “distinct visual and aural differences”. 1 February 2013
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In the second half of 2012, intellectual property issues were mostly discussed in the context of Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). 1 February 2013
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The new Patent Act came into effect on January 1, 2013. The new act contains some amendments to regulations governing patent term extension. 1 February 2013
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There comes a time when trademark registrations are not enough to protect a company from infringement. 1 February 2013
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Germany’s Federal Supreme Court currently hands down an unusually high number of decisions dealing with matters of design law, well above the average handed down since the new German Designs Act and the CDR took effect in 2004 and 2003, respectively. 1 February 2013
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HIPO held in an opposition proceeding last year that: “Chantelle luxury women’s lingerie has a good reputation in the relevant part of the EU, especially in France, Germany and Spain, and therefore deserves broader trademark protection.” 1 February 2013
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