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New rules for granting pharma patents
In August, the Brazilian vice-commissioner for patents, Julio Cesar Moreira, announced that INPI was implementing new rules in order to reduce the current backlog of patent applications, which averages eight years, to three years.   1 December 2012
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China's patent law to be amended again
On August 9, 2012, the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) published a draft amendment to the Patent Law, soliciting public comments.   1 December 2012
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Oppositions directed to a part of a patent
The purpose of opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office is to give an opponent, which can be any member of the public, the opportunity to challenge the validity of a granted European patent.   1 December 2012
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Interpretation of community designs - the 'decanter' case
Sometimes the images that the applicant for a design right submits do not disclose the subject matter of the design as clearly as one might hope.   1 December 2012
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Inadmissable claim amendments
The court of the commissioner of patents, seated in Pretoria, has handed down judgment in the matter of Sasol Dyno Nobel (Pty) Limited v African Explosives Limited.   1 December 2012
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A limited breeders exemption
In September, the Netherlands welcomed a proposal for the introduction of a ‘limited breeders exemption’ into the patent law. The proposal concerns the modification of Article 53b of the Dutch Patent Act 1995.   1 December 2012
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Use it or lose it
Peru’s National Institute of the Defence and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI) tends to be very rigorous in checking the use of trademarks that third parties are trying to have cancelled.   21 November 2012
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Strategic use of utility models in European countries
Like a granted patent, a utility model is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which allows the right holder to prevent others from commercially using the protected invention.   1 October 2012
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It's a knockout! Publicity rights in the Philippines
The Honorable Court of Appeals upheld the right of publicity in the case of Andres Sanchez v Honorable Judge Ramon Paul Hernando, Emmanuel Pacquiao and the Office of the City Prosecutor of Quezon City.   1 October 2012
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What is genuine use?
A couple of decisions of the Supreme Court referring to the question of genuine use were published in June 2012.   1 October 2012

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