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Thailand’s Intellectual Property and International Trade Court (IT&IP Court) was established in 1996. It handles cases under the Rules for Intellectual Property and International Trade Cases (1997). 1 April 2010
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The trademarks examination branch of Canada’s Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has issued a new practice notice, in effect since March 11, pertaining to the granting of extensions for examining applications. 1 April 2010
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In order to extract value out of their IP, proprietors employ various commercial strategies, ranging from licensing to entering into joint ventures and collaborative arrangements, which may at times be considered to be anti-competitive. 1 April 2010
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Brazil’s President Lula has enacted Provisional Measure No. 482, providing statutory authority to government agencies to issue compulsory licences, expropriate IP rights and suspend the obligation to maintain an IP regime with minimum standards, as provided by the TRIPs agreement. 1 April 2010
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On September 8, 2009, the Brazilian food and drug agency (ANVISA) enacted a new resolution on standardising medicine package inserts. 1 February 2010
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Denmark ratified the European Patent Convention in 1989, but it doesn’t apply to the Faeroe Islands and Greenland, which are autonomous provinces within the Kingdom of Denmark. 1 February 2010
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In June 2009, the Municipal Court of Bucharest ruled on when a trademark owner’s rights are exhausted for non-use of the mark. 1 February 2010
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Thailand is now a member of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and has opened its Receiving Office (RO) for international patent applications. 1 February 2010
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The licensing of intellectual property rights is a lucrative endeavour; therefore, it is important that licences are dealt with correctly. 1 February 2010
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As in many other European countries, in Germany, companies may invoke protection under unfair competition rules against passing-off if their characteristic and well-known products are copied. 1 February 2010
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