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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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The differences in the ways US patent and European patent (EP) applications are drafted often pose problems during substantive examination when an EP application is filed based on a US application. 1 February 2013
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According to WIPO, a new version of the 10th edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Classification) entered into force on January 1, 2013. 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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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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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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Shinzo Abe, the head of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, was reappointed Prime Minister of Japan on December 16, 2012. Since then, his economic policy, known as ‘Abenomics’, has been frequently discussed in Japan. 1 February 2013
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Belgian company Agfa, a large supplier of plates for the offset printing industry, claimed that Xingraphics products indirectly infringe its patent. 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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