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As a follow-up to previous reports regarding discussions by subcommittees of the Industrial Structure Council’s IP Policy Committee concerning possible changes to Japan’s patent IP laws, here I will introduce once again, based on the Japan Patent Office Annual Report 2013, recent discussions by the Trademark Subcommittee regarding possible changes to Japan’s Trademark Law relating to new types of trademark. 1 June 2014
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Several issues surrounding the nullity defence in design infringement lawsuits in Germany under the new German Designs Act have arisen. 1 June 2014
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How do you register or secure patent rights, and is national or international coverage most appropriate? 1 June 2014
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Patent applications should be filed before the competent authority shortly after the invention becomes known to others, since protection will not be granted if, more than a year before the patent application is filed, the invention has been disclosed or made available to the public anywhere in the world and by any means. 1 June 2014
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The Internet has thrown protection of copyright into a whole new dimension. 1 April 2014
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The Finnish Market Court started to operate as the new IP court on September 1, 2013. 1 April 2014
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Flattering news for Peru: it took fifth place in the first Country Brand Index Latin America study launched by brand consultant FutureBrand, which describes its report as “the world’s largest and longest standing global study of country brand perception”. 1 April 2014
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The Turkish Ministry of Customs and Commerce published a communiqué in the Official Gazette on February 14 intended to introduce guidelines for the substance of company trade names and for individual tradespeople operating commercial enterprises. 1 April 2014
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It would be good to think that intellectual property law and regulations in Mexico cover all the aspects and possible issues that might arise from their own provisions, but that is not the case. 1 April 2014
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As well as the discussions in the Japan Patent Office (JPO) about changing Japan’s patent law, described in my last WIPR report, there have also been talks in the JPO about changing Japan’s design law, based on the Japan Patent Office Annual Report 2013. 1 April 2014
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