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Innovation patent: Wheel patent highlights hole in new Australian law

An Australian attorney has patented the wheel in an attempt to draw attention to problems with the country's recently introduced innovation patent. Since May this year, the innovation patent has been available for inventions with a lower inventive threshold than standard patents. It is defined as a development that makes a substantial contribution to the working of the invention compared with the prior art.

Managing IP Correspondent, June 30 2001

Trade marks: Spain sets rights on harmonization

Spain is a step closer to bringing its trade mark system into line with the rest of the EU after the Spanish House of Representatives approved the draft Spanish Trade Marks Act. The legislation will now be debated by the Senate for a final vote, with July 31 mooted for its implementation. Its key objectives include implementing the Madrid Protocol and the EU Harmonization Directive, TRIPs compliance, and introducing amendments that bring Spain closer to harmonization with the Community Trade Mark.

Managing IP Correspondent, June 30 2001

Publishing: Supreme Court expands copyright terrain

The copyright landscape for publishers has been redrawn by a landmark US Supreme Court decision in June that found the inclusion without permission of previously published articles in an electronic database constituted copyright infringement.

Managing IP Correspondent, June 30 2001

News focus: Mapping a TLD strategy

The first of the new top-level domains have been launched with extensive measures to protect IP rights. James Nurton investigates the options available to trade mark owners

Managing IP Correspondent, June 30 2001

News focus: Interview: Jeff Neuman

Jeff Neuman is director of policy and intellectual property for Neulevel, which has the licence to run the new .biz top-level domain. He was formerly an attorney with Greenberg Traurig’s technology department, and also worked on ICANN’s working groups to develop the UDRP. James Nurton and Ralph Cunningham spoke to him during the INTA Conference in San Francisco in May.

Managing IP Correspondent, June 30 2001

How to avoid web agreement pitfalls

Copyright and contractual issues pose serious challenges to internet companies and their suppliers. David Sternbach of A&E Television Networks Interactive identifies three problems that recur, and suggests practical solutions to them

Managing IP Correspondent, June 30 2001

Landmark decision on Belgian torpedos

The Brussels Court of Appeal recently delivered the first judgment in a Belgian torpedo case. Remco EP de Ranitz of Arnold & Siedsma in The Hague examines the implications of the decision for patent owners and the future of the Belgian torpedo strategy

Managing IP Correspondent, June 30 2001

Protecting business methods in Norway

Business methods. What is or isn’t patentable? As countries turn to the EPO for direction Tom Ekeberg of Onsagers in Oslo decribes the efforts underway to make the distinction clear

Managing IP Correspondent, June 30 2001

Recent trends in patent legislation

Investment into Ukraine is increasing thanks to the growth of the free market. Antonina Pakharenko-Anderson, of Pakharenko & Partners in Kiev, explains how patent protection is secured

Managing IP Correspondent, June 30 2001

Patentable subject matter under the latest law

András Mák of SBG&K in Budapest, examines the latest changes to patent protection in Hungary and reveals how the Hungarian Patent Office is dealing with new technologies

Managing IP Correspondent, June 30 2001

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