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The IPC has issued a resolution stating that when products are not covered by a registered trademark, but are similar to goods explicitly mentioned in a certificate of registration, the goods have effectively been used. 1 February 2011
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According to the regulations set out by NASK, the Polish national registry for .pl domain names, domain name disputes are to be resolved by arbitration courts (proceedings similar to UDRP) or common courts. 1 February 2011
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Prior to 1993, South Africa trademark law was based to a large degree on the statutory law of the United Kingdom. 1 February 2011
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A ‘descriptive trademark’ is one that identifies a characteristic, quality, purpose or some other aspect of a product or service. 1 February 2011
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The European Court of Justice terminated Dutch cross-border decisions with two judgments of July 13, 2006: Roche v Primus and GAT v LuK. 1 February 2011
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Recently, Mexican examiners have faced controversy over how to determine the patentability of ‘new’ technologies; in particular, the best strategies for evaluating the patentability criteria of computer-implemented inventions that, in most cases, are automations of well-known methods. 1 February 2011
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The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) of the Philippines has formally joined the courts and other pertinent agencies in the government in using alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to resolve disputes. 1 February 2011
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Mainland China and Taiwan signed an agreement on June 29, 2010, on cross-straits intellectual property protection. 1 February 2011
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After initial classification of an application, the Israel Patent Office examines applications in each category in turn to assign them to a particular technology group. 1 February 2011
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A court decision concerning the “reasonable value” received by an employee as compensation for employee inventions is again in the spotlight in Japan. 1 February 2011
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