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Watching “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” recently, I couldn’t help but notice the depiction of intellectual property (IP) theft wherein a worker in Willy Wonka’s factory st...
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Numerous resources – time, money and effort – are invested when creating an invention, in the hopes of getting a successful patent and thereafter using it as springboard for further innova...
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The Union Government established the Central Committee of Intellectual Property (“CCIP”) on 6th March 2020. The CCIP is in charge of creating policies, strategies and projects rel...
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Introduction
The pharmaceutical sector has been growing significantly over recent years. The industry dominates the economy, so its repercussions would influence all areas, particularly intellectua...
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On December 30, 2022, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (“INPI”) published the minutes of the SEI INPI 0747049 meeting, which simplifies a series of points with legal aspects and t...
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For many countries, tourism is a catalyst for social development. At the start of 2020, the economic growth of these countries was hard-hit by travel restrictions affecting not only the tourism indust...
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Ng Kim Fong v Menang Corporation (M) Berhad (Breach of Confidentiality) – Civil Suit No.: W–02(W)–727–04/2019
The Court of Appeal in this case discussed what ...
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Much like human life, trademarks also have different fates or destinies from birth to maturity. Some may proceed smoothly to being granted within the statutory time without any challenges from compete...
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Updates on the Brazilian PTO Plan to Reduce the Backlog in Technical Examination - Triggered by the urgent need for improvements on the timeframe to analyze and decide on the patentability of the...
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Rustom Irani founded Ideal Jawa (India) Ltd. (business) in the late 1960s, which went on to manufacture decades of its success in Mysuru, Bangalore, and register the "Yezdi" trademark for it...
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It is a primary requirement under trademark law that when determining if a trademark application is registrable, that the concerned mark is distinctive and capable of acting as a source identifier. Ho...
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Introduction
Trademarks, copyrights, and patents are the most well-known forms of intellectual property, but other forms, such as industrial designs, also deserve protection. Inventions and commerc...
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Newsletter No.58, December 2022
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IP News Eastern Europe
December 2022
IP NEWS
Romania Amends Trademark Law
On December 13, 2022, Romania adopted amendments ...
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In general, it is mandatory for the inventor to give an evidence or information in the patent specification in support of the inventive step. If that is not done, the application is likely to suffer t...
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This Newsletter summarizes legal information updated in the latest one month.
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Creation and acquisition of...
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In line with Article 53(b) of the European Patent Convention, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office (EPO) has changed its stand through conclusive pronouncement on the paten...
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INTRODUCTION
Certain websites are using ‘dark patterns’, which is a concept that has just lately entered the digital language, to deceive you into taking actions tha...
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I. A Brief Instruction and Comparison of Copyright Infringement with the Taiwan Copyright Act and the Copyright Law of the United States
The Taiwan Copyright Act borrows heavily from the ...
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業界ニュース：
中国国家知識産権局による インレンダールム（Inländerrum）などEU製品の地理的表示製品保護申請の受理に関する公告（第506号）...
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业界新闻：
中国国家知识产权局关于受理茵蓝朗姆酒等欧洲联盟产品申报地理标志产品保护的公告（第506号）
Announcement of the China National Intellectual ...
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Copyright is an exclusive right of protection granted to the owner of any original work of authorship. This kind of protection generally extends to all kinds of literary, dramatic, musical, arististc,...
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INTRODUCTION
On October 28, 2022, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MEITY”) notified [1] the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Di...
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As a result of the great technological advances achieved in recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become popular and, thus, research and technologies making use of it are being developed on a...
