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When CTM and national registration systems clash
Since the adoption of EC Regulation No. 40/94, creating Community trademarks, two different trademark systems have coexisted in parallel: the European system and the national system.   1 August 2012
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ANVISA update - will mandatory review on pharma patent cases continue?
The provisions of Brazil's patent law are largely TRIPS-compliant, but there are two major inconsistencies: its working requirements, and ANVISA's mandatory substantive examination on pharma patent applications.   1 August 2012
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A liberal atmosphere under the new trademark act
Taiwan’s newly amended Trademark Act entered into force on July 1, 2012, a year after the promulgation date.   1 August 2012
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A question of trust: licensing trademarks
It is a common practice for Japanese businesses to borrow and use internationally famous brands’ trademarks from the companies that own the trademarks, so as to boost their business activities in Japan.   1 August 2012
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15 years of the IPC
The enactment of the Intellectual Property Code on June 6, 1997, was a landmark in the history of the IP system of the Philippines.   1 August 2012
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Similarity and the likelihood of confusion
Turkey is one of the countries that examine the similarity of trademarks under absolute grounds for refusal.   1 August 2012
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Still a safe bet for cross border injunctions
During the late 1990s, the Dutch were famous not only for their cheese, but also for their cross border injunctions.   1 August 2012
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The never-ending patent story
A Hungarian inventor designed a sports shoe intended mainly for football players.   1 August 2012
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Trademark registration in Belize: an overview
There has been significant growth in trademark registrations in Belize since the former Trademarks Act was repealed in June 2000 and replaced with the Trademarks Act, Chapter 257 of the laws of Belize.   1 August 2012
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Inequitable errors by the trademarks office: quashing a trademark registration
For the first time, the Federal Court has granted an order by which a Canadian trademark registration was quashed and the matter was sent back to the Registrar of Trade-marks to consider a Statement of Opposition.   1 August 2012

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