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Border measures
In February 2009, improvements to border measures for protecting Peruvian trademarks and copyrights came into effect.   1 April 2010
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Distinctive character of 3D triangular trademarks
On January 5, 2010, 10 years after Mars started an action against the three-dimensional trademark registration of Kraft, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands gave its final judgment.   1 April 2010
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Progress on biotech
“Biodiversity, our greatest resource, remains untapped,” stated Senator Edgardo Angara when introducing Senate Bill No. 3140, the Bioindustry Development Act of 2009.   1 April 2010
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Suspending IP rights
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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Licensing of intellectual property rights
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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Jurisdictional headaches for registered designs
In several European Union member states, national laws for patent, utility model and design protection permit non-infringement proceedings.   1 February 2010
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Copyright infringement through e-books
Copyright law was initially conceived to provide protection against the unauthorised reproduction of books in the print media.   1 February 2010
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Environment and online issues
The Israel patent database is now available online on the Israel Patent Office website (www.ilpatsearch.justice.gov.il/UI/) and via the WIPO’s Patentscope (www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/index).   1 February 2010
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Provisional licensing for new patents
Since April 2009, as a result of an amendment to Japan’s Patent Law, it has been possible to register a ‘provisional’ licence after a patent application has been filed but before a patent has been granted.   1 February 2010
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Generic names in trademarks
International Nonproprietary Names (INNs) are recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO) as unique names to identify pharmaceutical substances or active ingredients that are globally recognised as public property.   1 February 2010

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