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In the second half of 2012, intellectual property issues were mostly discussed in the context of Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). 1 February 2013
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According to WIPO, a new version of the 10th edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Classification) entered into force on January 1, 2013. 1 February 2013
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The differences in the ways US patent and European patent (EP) applications are drafted often pose problems during substantive examination when an EP application is filed based on a US application. 1 February 2013
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Shinzo Abe, the head of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, was reappointed Prime Minister of Japan on December 16, 2012. Since then, his economic policy, known as ‘Abenomics’, has been frequently discussed in Japan. 1 February 2013
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Germany’s Federal Supreme Court currently hands down an unusually high number of decisions dealing with matters of design law, well above the average handed down since the new German Designs Act and the CDR took effect in 2004 and 2003, respectively. 1 February 2013
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HIPO held in an opposition proceeding last year that: “Chantelle luxury women’s lingerie has a good reputation in the relevant part of the EU, especially in France, Germany and Spain, and therefore deserves broader trademark protection.” 1 February 2013
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Belgian company Agfa, a large supplier of plates for the offset printing industry, claimed that Xingraphics products indirectly infringe its patent. 1 February 2013
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In a November 12, 2012 decision involving two trademarks comprising representations of a shark, the Supreme Court of the Philippines discounted confusing similarity between them upon noting their “distinct visual and aural differences”. 1 February 2013
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Expect to see some very significant patent-related court decisions during 2013 in which open issues important to various industries, universities, and individual inventors are likely to be resolved. 1 February 2013
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Designs have the purpose of answering consumer needs, by enhancing the visual, functional and ergonomic aspects of a product, and giving enjoyable, safe and comforting shapes to users. 1 February 2013
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