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On September 16, 2011, President Barack Obama signed into law the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). 1 December 2012
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Russia has an impressive history of technological development and academic research in many fields of natural sciences. 1 December 2012
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In September, the Netherlands welcomed a proposal for the introduction of a ‘limited breeders exemption’ into the patent law. The proposal concerns the modification of Article 53b of the Dutch Patent Act 1995. 1 December 2012
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Sometimes the images that the applicant for a design right submits do not disclose the subject matter of the design as clearly as one might hope. 1 December 2012
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On August 9, 2012, the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) published a draft amendment to the Patent Law, soliciting public comments. 1 December 2012
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In August, the Brazilian vice-commissioner for patents, Julio Cesar Moreira, announced that INPI was implementing new rules in order to reduce the current backlog of patent applications, which averages eight years, to three years. 1 December 2012
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Peru’s National Institute of the Defence and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI) tends to be very rigorous in checking the use of trademarks that third parties are trying to have cancelled. 21 November 2012
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German courts have formed a wide body of case law with respect to the principles governing the ‘likelihood of confusion’ between trademarks. 1 October 2012
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With the implementation of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement came a series of amendments in November 2006 to Industrial Property Law 20-00. 1 October 2012
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On July 2, 2012, Guangdong Higher People's Court announced that the trademark dispute between Apple Inc and Proview Technology (Proview Shenzhen) had been settled through mediation. 1 October 2012
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