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The Israel Patent Law is anomalous in that pending applications are not published automatically 18 months after priority. 1 April 2011
Jurisdiction reports
Since the Federal Circuit re-established the appropriate standard for proving fraud, subsequent decisions continue to provide further guidance on the application of the standard. 1 February 2011
Jurisdiction reports
After a judicial battle of almost a decade, the pharmaceutical industry has regained the right to market vaccines with trademarks in Brazil. 1 February 2011
Jurisdiction reports
If a sound is able to serve the function of a trademark, why shouldn’t the owner of the sound mark be permitted to register it? 1 February 2011
Jurisdiction reports
Since EPC 2000 entered into force, any party to an appeal proceeding that has been adversely affected by a decision of the European Board of Appeal can, pursuant to new Article 112a EPC, file a petition for review of the decision by the EBOA. 1 February 2011
Copyright
It is a fact of life that sometimes one does not have as much time as one would like to do all kinds of things. 1 February 2011
Jurisdiction reports
A ‘descriptive trademark’ is one that identifies a characteristic, quality, purpose or some other aspect of a product or service. 1 February 2011
Jurisdiction reports
The landmark class action taken by APEDA and others against Malaysian company/rice giant Syarikat Faiza Sdn Bhd, in relation to the rice variant ‘Ponni’, received a lot of attention. 1 February 2011
Copyright
The popularity and globalisation of reality television programmes has increased the value of television formats. However, such formats or concepts regularly are not protected by copyright law. 1 February 2011
Jurisdiction reports
The IPC has issued a resolution stating that when products are not covered by a registered trademark, but are similar to goods explicitly mentioned in a certificate of registration, the goods have effectively been used. 1 February 2011
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