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The Metropolitan Court has ruled on a trademark infringement and issued an injunction prohibiting future use of a particular designation for which a pharmaceutical company obtained a MA from the Hungarian Regulatory Authority for an over-the-counter painkiller and anti-inflammatory drug. 1 February 2014
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Trademark owners in Mexico regularly have to deal with concerns about the appropriate way of “marking”—the display of the legend “registered trademark” the letters MR or the ® symbol on the products or services covered—in the jurisdiction, even though marking is not a compulsory measure. 1 February 2014
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The Malaysian government is currently actively encouraging the creation and monetisation of intellectual property. 1 February 2014
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A decision last year ruled that invoking the exercising rights arising from a registration certificate is not always lawful. The Council of Appellate Circuits of the Turkish Court of Appeals awarded damages to a party on the basis of another party registering an industrial design with the TPI in bad faith. 1 February 2014
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The Taiwan Patent Act enforced in 2013 has added design protection for computer-generated graphic images to meet industrial needs and international trends. 1 February 2014
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On July 1, 2013, the Japan Patent Office revised its Examination Guidelines concerning “requirements for unity of inventions”, “amendment that changes a specific technical feature of an invention”, and the “examination procedure” relating to said unity requirement and ACSTFs. 1 November 2013
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The inventive step of an invention always takes centre stage when prosecuting patent applications or enforcing patent rights in Taiwan. 1 November 2013
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In September, the Brazilian patent and trademark office filed 33 lawsuits seeking to invalidate more than 200 patents owned by about 120 foreign companies, covering important products sold in the country. 1 November 2013
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The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is an international framework in which patent prosecution may be accelerated in one jurisdiction if the claims in a corresponding application are allowed by a second jurisdiction. The two jurisdictions must have a bilateral PPH agreement. 1 November 2013
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Copyright in Finland is currently in flux. 1 November 2013
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