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Trademarks
Connected by the Andes mountain range, the Andean countries comprise Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and their IP systems are governed by Decision 486 of the Andean Community Commission, as Alfredo Barreda of Barreda Moller explains to WIPR. 28 November 2016
Trademarks
Countries inside Europe but outside the EU may need to define an EU-related IP strategy, as Switzerland has done, says Jürg Simon of Lenz & Staehelin. 28 November 2016
Copyright
Earlier this week, the UK government released its Autumn Statement, where it announced additional funding for research and development, a “positive sign” according to intellectual property lawyers. 25 November 2016
Patents
Laurent Prunier, former elected member of the central staff committee and secretary of the Staff Union of the European Patent Office in The Hague, has responded to statements made by the European Patent Office. 25 November 2016
Patents
Two hair treatment companies have named cosmetics company L’Oreal USA in a patent infringement lawsuit. 25 November 2016
Trademarks
The government of Iceland has launched a legal battle against the British supermarket of the same name. 25 November 2016
Trademarks
Law firm Crowell & Moring has hired Sarah Gilbert as a partner in the firm’s commercial litigation group in New York. 25 November 2016
Trademarks
Britain’s vote to leave the EU could have huge implications for IP, including trademarks, but there is still much uncertainty and many unanswered questions. Simon Miles of Edwin Coe reports. 25 November 2016
Trademarks
Following an amendment in 2013, China’s trademark opposition procedure has made it cheaper and quicker to register marks in the country, say Lynn Wang of Peksung Intellectual Property Group and Catherine Wang of Dayup Intellectual Property, who discuss the value of the current system. 25 November 2016
Jurisdiction reports
It is often the case that the question arises of who should be named as an inventor or co-inventor on a US patent. 24 November 2016
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