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01 September 2008
AUSTRALIA: IP Australia is to become an international search and examination authority for PCT applications filed with the USPTO. The USPTO receives more than 520,000 PCT applications each year and applicants can choose from a number of international searching and examination authorities. IP Australia is already a search and examination authority for 17 countries. The move follows a pilot programme between IP Australia and the USPTO during which IP Australia processed 390 PCT applications during one year. Though the pilot will not be continuing, IP Australia and the USPTO will explore further work-sharing arrangements.
CHINA: French food maker Danone has lost another round in its long-running fight with its Chinese joint venture partner over the ownership of the Wahaha trade mark. On July 30 The Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court turned down Danone's appeal against an arbitration ruling in December last year, which said that the trade mark belongs...
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