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European Patent Office applications reached a new all-time high in 2013 and the number of applications in Finland was the third highest in Europe measured by applications per million inhabitants. 29 July 2014
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The Court of Justice of the European Union rendered an important decision on May 13, 2014 (Case C-11/12), in a case involving the Google search engine, highlighting the difficulties of reconciling trade and the protection of individuals when it is necessary for their data to circulate. 29 July 2014
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In January 2014, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice ruled on an important limitation to the liability of owners of an internet connection. 29 July 2014
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Over the past few years, the Asia Pacific region has seen much activity in the area of competition law. In Malaysia, the Competition Act 2010 (CA) came into force on January 1, 2012. 29 July 2014
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There is no dispute that one of the most innovative and relevant aspects of the reforms of June 10, 2011 to the Mexican Federal Constitution, specifically to Article 1 and to the expansion of the amparo, or protection, concept through a new Amparo Law, has been the formal adoption of the principle known as pro homine or pro personae by all judges nationwide. 29 July 2014
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As treaties and courts are founded, the resulting jurisprudence requires treaties and courts gradually to change. 29 July 2014
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In recent years, Peru has begun to build a strong commercial relationship with Asia and, as a result, China is now one of its largest international suppliers. Indeed, China and the US between them account for no less than 39 percent of Peru’s imports. 29 July 2014
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A patent is a statutorily granted right that gives the patentee an exclusive monopoly to a patented invention for 20 years in exchange for a detailed disclosure of the construction and/or working of the invention. 29 July 2014
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Alexandre Zouari is a famous French hairstylist. His clients include Carla Bruni—the former first lady of France, Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley Bassey and Sophia Loren, among others. Back in 1987, Zouari was invited by Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido to co-found the Alexandre Zouari Beauty Institute in Paris, which was described as the world’s most luxurious beauty and hairstyling salon and opened 16 branches in Japan. 29 July 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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