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In Hong Kong, company name and trademark registrations are governed by two separate pieces of legislation: the Companies Ordinance, Cap 32 and the Trade Marks Ordinance, Cap 599. 1 August 2012
Trademarks
More than 800 delegates flocked to Sicily for ECTA’s 31st annual conference, as WIPR reports. 1 August 2012
Trademarks
European ‘hosting defences’ will not protect online auction sites from being liable for the trademark infringement committed by their users if they actively help users to sell counterfeit goods, the CJEU has ruled. 1 August 2012
Copyright
Border measures have been strengthened under the TRIPS Agreement of the World Trade Organization and under the Free Trade Agreement between the US, Central America and the Dominican Republic. 1 August 2012
Jurisdiction reports
Since 1999, patent applicants claiming pharmaceutical inventions (products and processes) in Brazil have faced an awkward provision in the Brazilian patent law, commonly known as Article 229-C. 1 August 2012
Patents
Market exclusivity allows innovator companies to recoup sizable investments in the research, development, clinical testing and bringing to market of new products. 1 August 2012
Jurisdiction reports
Recent events in the world of high technology titans demonstrate that a patent arms race is reaching fever pitch, with companies amassing patent portfolios for offensive and defensive purposes. 1 August 2012
Copyright
McKool Smith LLP has added veteran International Trade Commission (ITC) trial lawyer Kent Stevens to lead its Washington, DC office. 1 August 2012
Copyright
Patent litigation specialist, William F. Abrams, has jumped ship from law firm Bingham McCutchen to join King & Spalding in its Silicon Valley office. 1 August 2012
Patents
A judge at the US-based International Trade Commission (ITC) has called for some Microsoft Xbox consoles to be banned from being imported to, or sold in, the US. 1 August 2012
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