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Rule 6 of the European Patent Convention (EPC), set out in a Notice from the European Patent Office (EPO) dated January 10, 2014, introduced changes to the EPO’s old language-related fee-reduction system. 30 September 2014
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On May 14, 2014, the official adoption was announced of an act that includes amendments to (1) the Patent Law, as previewed in the January/February issue of WIPR; (2) the Design Law, as previewed in the March/April issue; and (3) the Trademark Law, as previewed in the May/June issue. 30 September 2014
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In the spring of 2014, the Canadian government loosened restrictions on the commercial exchange of medical cannabis, ushering in what some would call a ‘free market’ for the product. 30 September 2014
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The European Commission’s Innovation Union proposals, launched in 2010, aimed to give companies and non-commercial research entities the legal means to protect the special knowledge they develop. 30 September 2014
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On February 25, 2014, the Russian State Duma passed a federal law introducing amendments to the provisions of Parts I, II and IV of the Russian Civil Code. The amendments will be effective from October 1, 2014. 29 September 2014
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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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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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Article 7/1-ı of the Turkish Trademark Decree Law no. 556 established a legal basis in 1995 for the Turkish Patent Institute (TPI) to refuse trademark applications on the basis that an application is similar to a well-known trademark. However, at the time, there was no mechanism available to the TPI for establishing whether a given trademark was well known or not. 29 July 2014
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Where shall we start? Perhaps with the good news. Canada’s trademark legislation has a peculiar creature known as an official mark. 29 July 2014
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