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This month’s international briefings
Argentina: New Civil and Commercial Code
Australia: Criteria for pharmaceutical term extensions clarified
Austria: Bad faith and intent to use
Belgium: Prima facie validity of European patents
China patents: Latest developments on IP specialised courts
China trade marks: Alibaba reforms Taobao enforcement policies
EPO: No novelty for new use of known medical device
France: New sovereign patent fund
Germany: Late-filed submissions in nullity proceedings
India: Petty patents, patent benches and more……
Indonesia: Recognition for places with an IP culture
Japan: New patent opposition system
Malaysia: Court of Appeal clarifies extent of trade mark use
Mexico: IMPI changes approach to trade mark reclassification
Netherlands: Licensing platform for plant breeding innovations
New Zealand: No monopoly in ‘co-op’ or ‘co-operative’
Philippines: Protecting IP rights of indigenous peoples
Russia: Medieval indulgence resuscitated
Singapore: The Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City
Switzerland: Preliminary injunctions and EPO oppositions
Taiwan: Foxconn wins trade secrets case
