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Flattering news for Peru: it took fifth place in the first Country Brand Index Latin America study launched by brand consultant FutureBrand, which describes its report as “the world’s largest and longest standing global study of country brand perception”. 1 April 2014
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The Turkish Ministry of Customs and Commerce published a communiqué in the Official Gazette on February 14 intended to introduce guidelines for the substance of company trade names and for individual tradespeople operating commercial enterprises. 1 April 2014
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The Finnish Market Court started to operate as the new IP court on September 1, 2013. 1 April 2014
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On January 1, 2014, a new Designs Act (Designgesetz—DesignG) came into force in Germany. 1 April 2014
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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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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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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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Environmental and natural resource preservation has become an important issue for governments. 1 April 2014
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A decision last year ruled that invoking the exercising rights arising from a registration certificate is not always lawful. The Council of Appellate Circuits of the Turkish Court of Appeals awarded damages to a party on the basis of another party registering an industrial design with the TPI in bad faith. 1 February 2014
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The Taiwan Patent Act enforced in 2013 has added design protection for computer-generated graphic images to meet industrial needs and international trends. 1 February 2014
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