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On January 10, 1991, France passed a law in the fight against smoking and alcoholism. This law, ‘Loi Evin’, was named after health minister Claude Evin and inserted in the French Public Health Code. 1 February 2012
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As a step towards harmonising Bulgarian intellectual property legislation with EU legislation, the Bulgarian Trademark Law was substantially amended. 1 February 2012
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In November 2010, the Contentious Administrative Court (CAC) reversed a decision that was issued by the DNPI’s trademark arm and dismissed a trademark application for ‘RBS The Royal Bank of Scotland’. 1 February 2012
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The Law on Intellectual Property (IP) of Vietnam was adopted by the National Assembly of Vietnam on November 29, 2005 and came into effect on July 1, 2006. 1 February 2012
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Cameroon is often described as ‘Africa in miniature’. It attracts a lot of businesses, and has the highest number of trademark filings in central Africa. 1 February 2012
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The current law governing patent practice in Turkey is Decree-Law No. 551 pertaining to the protection of utility models and patent rights in Turkey, which has been in force since June, 1995. 1 January 2012
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To obtain protection over an invention our Industrial Property Law provides that an application should be submitted before the Venezuelan Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). 1 January 2012
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A Swedish patent application is filed with the Swedish Patent and Registration Office, and is granted for a term of up to 20 years from the submission date. 1 January 2012
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It is not always obvious which part of a computer program can be protected using intellectual property. Piotr Niezgódka takes a look. 1 December 2011
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The Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China was first promulgated in 1982 and entered into force in 1983; it was revised for the first time in 1993 and again in 2001. 1 December 2011
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