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  • The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress has passed amendments to China’s trade mark law, according to reports
  • Litigator Nagendra (Nick) Setty has joined Orrick’s San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices as a partner.
  • A team of five IP lawyers, including partners James Tumbridge and Paul Harris, are joining Pillsbury’s London office.
  • Among the IP-related items in the news this week were Martin Luther King's speech, adverts against trolls and investigators in China
  • US and UK law allow brand owners to establish trade mark infringement claims by showing the likelihood of confusion at any time up to the point of sale. Should other countries follow suit?
  • Historically, the laws in New York State regulating the employment and education of "child performers" did not include child models. However, the New York State Senate and Assembly has recently voted to pass legislation to ensure that child models will now be afforded the same protections as "child actors, dancers and musicians" working in New York. Such legislation, once signed into law, is expected to have a significant impact on the fashion industry.
  • In Taiwan, a patent holder may, based on the relevant stipulations in the Code of Civil Procedure, file a pre-trial motion with the judge to obtain an evidence preservation order (EPO) against a holder of evidence.
  • The South Korea-US Free Trade Agreement, which was signed on June 30 2007, includes an approval-patent linkage system which would have a significant impact on the Korean pharmaceutical industry. Under the approval-patent linkage system, a patent owner who has obtained product approval on a medicine may register his or her patent on the Medicine Patent List, the so-called Green List, so that his or her patent may be eligible for protection measures provided under the Agreement.
  • The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) established a search and examination department on May 28 2013 to support the soon to be implemented positive grant patent system and to further Singapore's aspiration to be an IP hub in the region. In the current self-assessment patent system, patent applications may proceed to grant based on a mixed or negative examination report.
  • At last it has happened. The organisation of an IP court in Russia was discussed for a number of years. Convincing arguments were put forward in favour. However despite the fact that no opposition was put forward, the process of taking decisions and actual organisation of the court was not hurried.