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News of a final agreement on the proposed European Copyright Directive has prompted concern from long-term opponents of the law. 14 February 2019
Jurisdiction reports
The amended Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, which embraces the patent linkage system, among others, and was devised to foster better development of the new biomedical industry in Taiwan through early resolution of patent disputes between brand drug and generic drug companies, was promulgated on December 29, 2017. 13 February 2019
Jurisdiction reports
Filing trademark applications with the appropriate class headings is a simple option. Yet, when applications are filed with specific wording the story may change, since the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office may consider some goods/services to be vague; we will focus on some of them in this article. 13 February 2019
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The Trustworthy Accountability Group, an advertising industry organisation that boasts Google, Facebook and Disney as members, has launched a new initiative aimed at protecting European brands. 13 February 2019
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The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit of the City of London police has warned shoppers of the dangers of counterfeit goods ahead of Valentine’s Day. 13 February 2019
Trademarks
The EU General Court has rejected a Spanish company’s bid to oppose an EU cosmetics trademark, finding that its submission was partly filed in the incorrect language and did not identify the grounds of opposition. 13 February 2019
Trademarks
Walmart has been ordered to pay $95.5 million in royalties and profits after a jury found it had infringed a smaller retail chain’s ‘Backyard’ trademark. 13 February 2019
Trademarks
Energy drinks maker Monster Energy has settled a trademark dispute with California-based athletics company Monsta Athletics. 13 February 2019
Influential Women in IP
Women inventors still make up just 12% of all patent inventors in the US, according to the US Patent and Trademark Office. 13 February 2019
Patents
Intel will face more legal proceedings after the Federal Circuit ruled that a lower court erred in its analysis of the scope of claims in a patent infringement suit. 12 February 2019
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