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Patents
Canadian telecoms company BlackBerry has again sued iPhone case maker Typo for allegedly infringing patents and trade dress related to its keyboards for smart phones. 18 February 2015
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A former employee of car maker Nissan has been arrested in Japan on suspicion of stealing the company’s trade secrets. 18 February 2015
Patents
Brunei’s first dedicated IP laws were not enacted until the 1950s, and its IP office was established only in 2012. WIPR spoke to Shahrinah Yusof Khan, BruIPO’s director general, about the challenges and the awareness campaigns her office is involved in. 16 February 2015
Trademarks
A variety of speakers addressed King & Wood Mallesons’ annual IP case review in London. WIPR was at the seminar. 16 February 2015
Patents
For such a creative company, Tata Technologies doesn’t have all that many patents, preferring instead to collaborate with sister companies and others, while keeping a close eye on its IP, as WIPR discovered. 16 February 2015
Jurisdiction reports
As reported in WIPR November/December 2014, the Swedish parliament voted in favour of changing the law to permit a Swedish patent applicant to file the application in English. 16 February 2015
Jurisdiction reports
In November 2014, the Finnish president ratified the Information Society Code. The new act constitutes a comprehensive review of the current legislation governing electronic communications, repealing a number of acts such as the Domain Name Act, the Act on the Protection of Privacy in Electronic Communications, and the Communications Market Act. 16 February 2015
Patents
Growing awareness of the issue of counterfeiting and the establishment of new IP courts are good news for brand owners in China, as Giovanni Guglielmetti of Bonelli Erede Pappalardo describes. 16 February 2015
Jurisdiction reports
The Syndicate of the Pharmaceutical Products Industry of São Paulo has obtained an important victory that guarantees its members the right to use their trademarks while importing and commercialising vaccines in Brazil. 16 February 2015
Copyright
Several interesting—and important—cases and topics will be high on IP practitioners’ radars during 2015. Here is WIPR’s roundup. 16 February 2015
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