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BMW AG v Grandmark International (Pty) Ltd 2014 (1) SA 323 of the South African Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) is likely to have reduced the confidence of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to compete in the local market as holders of South African design registrations. 30 September 2014
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The Constitutional Court has ruled that Article 42/1-c of Decree Law no. 556 on the Protection of Trademarks (the Trademark Decree Law) is contrary to the provisions of the Turkish Constitution. 30 September 2014
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On February 25, 2014, the Russian State Duma passed a federal law introducing amendments to the provisions of Parts I, II and IV of the Russian Civil Code. The amendments will be effective from October 1, 2014. 29 September 2014
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Scientific theories and mathematical rules must be correct throughout if they are to be accepted as true because a single mistake will result in the collapse of the entire rule or theory. Similarly, the rules on patent applications must be flawless. 29 July 2014
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A measure to reduce fees for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for requests for substantive examinations and annuities, set out in the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Act that was adopted on December 4, 2013 by Japan’s Diet, came into effect on April 1, 2014. The measure will remain in effect until March 31, 2018. 29 July 2014
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Article 7/1-ı of the Turkish Trademark Decree Law no. 556 established a legal basis in 1995 for the Turkish Patent Institute (TPI) to refuse trademark applications on the basis that an application is similar to a well-known trademark. However, at the time, there was no mechanism available to the TPI for establishing whether a given trademark was well known or not. 29 July 2014
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A patent is a statutorily granted right that gives the patentee an exclusive monopoly to a patented invention for 20 years in exchange for a detailed disclosure of the construction and/or working of the invention. 29 July 2014
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On April 24, 2014, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress ratified the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, which was signed in Beijing on June 24, 2012 at the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances. 29 July 2014
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Having a patent does not guarantee that a product or process infringes a patent, and in an infringement case it is very important for each party to provide the court with sufficient and relevant evidence supporting its case. 29 July 2014
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European Patent Office applications reached a new all-time high in 2013 and the number of applications in Finland was the third highest in Europe measured by applications per million inhabitants. 29 July 2014
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