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In accordance with Mexican intellectual property law and regulations, a trademark applicant must indicate the date of first use in the application. The date cannot be amended after the application is filed. 3 October 2016
Trademarks
It is interesting to observe the global legal battles of McDonald’s in protecting its intellectual property rights. The latest case is Future Enterprises v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) at the EU General Court, where a decision was issued on July 5. 3 October 2016
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On May 17, 2016, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) issued an announcement titled “Caution to trademark owners whose trademarks might have been filed for registration by other persons”. It ensures that much public attention is being given to the unusual recent mass number of trademark applications made by certain entities and persons. 3 October 2016
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A decision by the Court of Milan (R.G. 54450/2012) in January 2015 held that an Italian part of a European patent was invalid for, inter alia, having a lack of essential features in the independent claims. 3 October 2016
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From the perspective of a practitioner in patent infringement law, the German courts’ take on equivalence may be illustrated as a wave movement, or a pendulum that constantly, if unevenly, swings back and forth. Sometimes it appears to be more in favour of broadening the criteria for patent infringement based on equivalence, sometimes it appears to be more restrictive. 3 October 2016
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The French alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedure, named Syreli, applicable when a .fr domain has been registered in contravention of prior rights, entered into force on November 21, 2011 and is enforced by AFNIC, the French body responsible for internet regulation. 3 October 2016
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A graphical user interface (GUI) refers to an interface presented as a graph or image in a display which links to an operating system. A user can perform an operation by clicking the graph or image in the interface. 3 October 2016
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In 2013, the Chilean government sent a draft law to Congress aiming not just to modify industrial property legislation, but to completely replace it. 3 October 2016
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Owners of UK registered designs and registered Community designs (RCDs) will soon have the opportunity to re-register their rights in the Cayman Islands. 3 October 2016
Copyright
CREATe researchers at the University of Edinburgh are considering how artificial intelligence and copyright law may co-exist in the future, and the landscape throws up several challenges, says Emma Barraclough, an industry fellow at CREATe. 3 October 2016
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