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The Federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which has two specialist panels hearing IP cases against INPI, has recently issued a decision guarding parties’ freedom of interest against an attempt to use the public interest to invalidate a set of patents. 27 November 2014
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On August 31, 2014, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress adopted a resolution to establish specialised courts for IP cases in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. 27 November 2014
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On June 14, 2013, Japan’s cabinet approved a draft of the nation’s future IP policies: Japan’s Basic Policies for the Protection of IP (BPPIP). 27 November 2014
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Companies wishing to obtain legal protection for their interior or exterior store designs in Turkey are faced with two options: register it either as a trademark or as an industrial design. 27 November 2014
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Under article 82 of the European Patent Convention, a European application must “relate to one invention only or to a group of inventions so linked as to form a single general inventive concept”—ie, show a unity of invention. 27 November 2014
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A government bill, published in October, proposes several changes to Finland’s Copyright Act, including the following: 27 November 2014
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Brazil is a great place for technology companies to do business. 30 September 2014
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After Costa Rica joined the World Trade Organization in 1995, several obligations were placed on the country relating to IP. 30 September 2014
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The principle of specialty of marks establishes that a trademark registration protects only those goods or services for which specific protection was granted. 30 September 2014
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BMW AG v Grandmark International (Pty) Ltd 2014 (1) SA 323 of the South African Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) is likely to have reduced the confidence of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to compete in the local market as holders of South African design registrations. 30 September 2014
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