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  • Over the last four years there has been a clarification of the Polish Patent Office's (PPO) practice in the field of patent prosecution. The application of a divide-and-conquer approach to subject matter of patent applications have resulted in narrow criteria of patentability in general being established.
  • Indran Shanmuganathan and Malini Madiyazhagan of Shearn Delamore & Co explain the limits of trade mark use and how owners need to be aware of how to use their marks to avoid cancellation actions
  • Under Section 39 of the Singapore Patents Act, where a patent has ceased to have effect because of a failure to pay any renewal fee an application for the restoration of the patent may be made. Under Rule 53(1), this application must be made within 30 months from the date on which the patent ceased to have effect, with an accompanying statutory declaration or affidavit setting out the grounds for the application and evidence in its support.
  • As a non-EU member state, Norway is not bound by the provisions of Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 29 2004 on the enforcement of IP rights.
  • On October 9, the Osaka High Court acquitted the developer of the file sharing software Winny of abetting the illegal copying over the internet. The prosecutors appealed to the Supreme Court.
  • After almost a year's delay, the government's long anticipated review of Indonesia's IP legislation is back on the agenda.
  • A couple of years ago Belgium launched the tax shelter system (a tax regime allowing a company to invest in the support of the audiovisual production in order to benefit from an exemption from its taxable profits up to 150% of the effectively paid sums). Following this, in July 2008, a new law concerning the copyrights and neighbouring rights tax system was adopted, as part of the legislator's aim to promote art, develop cultural creation and improve the status of the artists.
  • Seven jurisdictions have applied to launch non-Latin country-code top-level domains. Fionn O'Raghallaigh explains
  • The new Customs and Trade Mark Registry will enable the Customs Administration and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property to collaborate effectively. Yet a more general improvement of legislation may be slow to follow, explains Saul Santoyo of Uhthoff, Gomez Vega & Uhthoff SC
  • Proposed amendments to the Patent Office's examination guidelines will modernize patent prosecution and clarify some legal grey areas, says Ma Hao of CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office