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Business brief 2014: Poland
Currently, most monopolies granted in Poland are validations of European patents.   1 June 2014
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Strategic use of limitation procedures
The European limitation procedures were enacted by the European Patent Convention 2000 and came into effect in 2007. Requests for limitation allow a European patent proprietor to amend a European patent using a centralised ex parte procedure at the European Patent Office.   1 June 2014
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Business brief 2014: Finland
A Finnish national patent can be applied for at the National Board of Patents and Registration (NBPR).   1 June 2014
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Business brief 2014: Germany
A patent can be obtained via a German, a European or an international (Patent Cooperation Treaty) patent application.   1 June 2014
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Green technologies eligible for accelerated programme
Environmental and natural resource preservation has become an important issue for governments.   1 April 2014
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New designs act in force
On January 1, 2014, a new Designs Act (Designgesetz—DesignG) came into force in Germany.   1 April 2014
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The patent backlog for agrichemical inventions
Brazil is the largest consumer of agrichemicals in the world, with agrichemical sales there hitting $11 billion last year, according to crop protection news website Agrow, but its patent system still has to be developed if innovative firms aiming for an adequate return on their investment are to receive the appropriate patent protection.   1 April 2014
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Some thoughts on certification trademarks
Hungary is one of the countries in which trademark law allows the filing of certification trademarks, and Article 101 of the TM Act (Act XI of 1997) defines the rules governing the conditions and use of such trademarks.   1 April 2014
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Landmark court of appeal decision on computer software
In 2011, Readsoft Aktiebolag and Readsoft Asia Sdn Bhd initiated High Court proceedings for copyright infringement against Petraware Solutions Sdn Bhd (Petraware) for purportedly infringing Readsoft’s data-capturing software, known as FORMS 5-3.   1 April 2014
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Infringement through hyperlinking requires new kid on the block
The Internet has thrown protection of copyright into a whole new dimension.   1 April 2014

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