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Alternative avenues for litigation in South Africa
The ASA has proved one of the most expedient and cost-effective forums for dealing with contentious issues pertaining to trademarks, trade names or symbols, rather than launching proceedings in the High Court.   1 April 2012
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Biotech and medical inventions: moving the goal posts
The Amendment to the Taiwan Patent Act is expected to come into effect in November 2012.   1 April 2012
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New guidelines promise much in Turkey
In November 2011, the Turkish Patent Institute published Trademark and Industrial Design Examination Guidelines.   1 April 2012
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Are the patent trolls getting hungrier?
The controversial term ‘patent troll’ is often used as a pejorative label for entities which accumulate patents with a view toward extracting licence revenues from alleged infringers.   1 April 2012
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Apple takes on Samsung
Germany, like many other jurisdictions, is currently a forum for a courtroom battle of almost epic proportions between two of the world’s biggest computer and mobile phone companies: Apple and Samsung.   1 April 2012
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Copyright for video games
Video games on social platforms such as Facebook are a new category of fun, offering both highly viral and engaging characteristics.   1 April 2012
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Tackling former distributors in Malaysia
The Malaysian High Court upheld on February 8, 2012, a claim for industrial design infringement, trademark infringement, passing off, conspiracy to injure and breach of duty of confidence by former distributors.   1 April 2012
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Challenges of freedom to operate analyses in Mexico
Freedom-to-operate analyses are a useful tool for companies to ensure they do not violate third party intellectual property by initiating commercial exploitation of products, processes or services.   1 April 2012
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In Québec, on parle Français
“Does this have to be translated into French?” Most Canadian trademark practitioners who advise foreign brand owners on business in Canada have heard this question.   1 April 2012
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Keeping it simple: new trademark treaty
The Dominican Republic, as a complement to the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), ratified the Trademark Law Treaty (TLT) on September 3, 2011.   1 April 2012

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