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Patent rights can be secured by filing a patent application with the National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) of Vietnam where the application will be examined to ascertain whether it meets the requirements of patentability. 1 June 2014
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There are many grey areas in trademark law that frustrate lawyers and clients alike because of the lack of straightforward answers to what seem to be simple questions. The legal status of domain names has been one such issue. 1 June 2014
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In 2000, Costa Rica became the first country to pass a total ban on in-vitro fertilisation. This followed a ruling by the Constitutional Chamber, which based its decision on the right to life contained in the Costa Rican Constitution and the American Convention on Human Rights. 1 June 2014
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Officially published in March 2014, France’s new consumer affairs law aims to reinforce the rights of consumers by setting up “new tools of economic regulation in order to balance the powers of consumers and professionals”. 1 June 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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The number of trademark registration applications in China jumped last year, according to recent statistics. They totalled 1,881,546 in 2013, 14.15 percent more than in 2012. By the end of the year, the cumulative number of trademark registration applications in China was 13,241,337, and 8,652,358 had matured into registrations, of which 7,237,894 remained valid. 1 April 2014
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In recent years, branded drug manufacturers have engaged in a tactic designed to stifle competition from lower-cost generic medicines. 1 April 2014
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