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In a much-anticipated development, Israel is to accede to the Madrid Protocol on September 1, 2010. This will make it easier and cheaper for foreign entities to register marks in Israel. 1 June 2010
Trademarks
Turkey has made great efforts in recent years to raise its game on well-known trademarks, say Korcan Dericioglu and Ahmet Munir Yasar. 1 June 2010
Jurisdiction reports
A trademark denotes exclusivity and is part of a business’s goodwill. It identifies the products or services of that business. It is also a mark of quality of the product or service offered. 1 June 2010
Jurisdiction reports
On March 3, 2010, the Supreme Court promulgated its decision in Coffee Partners Inc. v. San Francisco Coffee & Roastery Inc. (San Francisco). 1 June 2010
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled on April 29 that a so-called ‘reverse payment patent settlement’ between pharmaceutical company Bayer and three generic drugs companies did not violate US antitrust laws. 1 June 2010
Trademarks
The European Court of Justice has ruled that Google is not liable for trademark infringement by allowing companies to use rivals' trademarks as advertising keywords through its AdWords programme. 1 April 2010
Patents
The European Commission’s investigation into the behaviour of companies operating in the pharmaceutical sector in the European Union culminated in the publication of a final report on July 8, 2009. Duncan Curley looks at the implications. 1 April 2010
Jurisdiction reports
Brazil’s President Lula has enacted Provisional Measure No. 482, providing statutory authority to government agencies to issue compulsory licences, expropriate IP rights and suspend the obligation to maintain an IP regime with minimum standards, as provided by the TRIPs agreement. 1 April 2010
Jurisdiction reports
In order to extract value out of their IP, proprietors employ various commercial strategies, ranging from licensing to entering into joint ventures and collaborative arrangements, which may at times be considered to be anti-competitive. 1 April 2010
Jurisdiction reports
A new decision by Germany’s Federal Supreme Court sheds further light on what measures may be taken to protect the confidentiality interests of parties affected by court orders authorising the inspection of devices on their business premises. 1 April 2010
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