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  • Since the middle of the 18th century, tequila has been considered a traditional beverage in Mexico, first locally and afterwards obtaining the status of the representative beverage of our country, when in 1873 Cenobio Sauza began the exportation of the product to the United States.
  • Austria A L 1 (2) Dr Thomas M Haffner Vienna ? 2 (3) Patnentwalte Kliment Vienna ? 3 (1) Sonn Pawloy Weinzinger & Wolfram Vienna ? 4 (-) DI Berger Vienna ? 5 (4) Kopecky & Schwarz Vienna ?
  • In an earlier issue of this magazine, we reported on the granting of Supplementary Protection Certificates, SPCs (June 1999, Issue 90, pages 49-50).
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  • The Colombian Patent Office denied to grant a patent on an application filed by Pfizer Inc directed to a product known as "Viagra" , whose chemical name is pyrazolepyrimidone. The reason for this decision was that the application was trying to protect a new use of a known product. About the same time, the Peruvian Patent Office granted a patent to a corresponding patent application for the same subject matter.
  • Pre-launch patent searches can be costly and time-consuming. Andrew Inglis and Michael Molineaux examine whether they are really necessary in the UK, and compare the situation with other jurisdictions
  • MP3.com receives Universal condemnation
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  • The conditions for obtaining a patent registration in any country of the Andean Community are: novelty (not in the state of the art), inventive level (non-obviousness) and industrial application. Article 2 of Andean Decision 344 (enforceable in Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia) sets out the conditions for novelty which have given rise to discussions in view of the lack of clarity of its writing.
  • Jay Walker, already godfather to one of the most famous patents ever, could be on the verge of further controversy. The founder of Priceline.com has been testing a new business method which could dramatically increase the profits of fast-food restaurants. James Nurton reports