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The Supreme People's Court (SPC) recently rendered a retrial judgment No (2012)-Minshenzi-1544, giving direction on the trials of complicated IP cases and providing guidance on the judicial policy.

Article 76(1) EPC states that a European divisional application shall be filed directly with the European Patent Office (EPO) in accordance with the Implementing Regulations. Rule 36(2) EPC specifies that the divisional application shall be filed with the EPO in Munich, The Hague or Berlin. The filing of a European divisional application with a national patent office is therefore not allowed by the EPC.

The Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology held several hearings between May 2012 and February 2013 to study the impact of the IP regime on innovation in Canada. A Report of the Committee was issued in March 2013.

Beginning March 1 2012, copyright owners would have the opportunity to notify the Controller of Copyright of their copyrighted works. Pursuant to the newly added section 26A of the Copyright Act 1987, a copyright owner in any copyrightable work, an assignee, licensee or person having been granted interest in the copyright or the author of the work himself or the author's representative who elects to notify the Controller under this "voluntary notification" scheme are required to provide the name, address and nationality of the copyright owner; a statutory declaration as to the position of the applicant for copyright notification; the category of the work; the title of the work; the name of the author and if the author is dead; the date of the author's death (if known); the date and place of the first publication (in the case of a published work) and any other information as the Minister may determine.

On February 8 2013, gym members in Auckland, New Zealand were given a physical jolt when three Club Physical gyms completely rebranded to Jolt Fitness. The rebranding resulted from a falling out between Stuart Holder, who was the sole director of Colven Botany, Three Kings and Westgate (collectively the franchisee), and Health Club Brands (the franchisor).

Plaintiff Guccio Gucci SPA, an Italian company, is one of the largest and most reputable manufacturers of clothing and luxury items. In China, it registered two GG device trade marks, which have gained a high reputation through years of use. In 2006, Gucci found that women's sandals manufactured by defendant Jiangsu Senda Group Corp Ltd were being sold. A large number of GG device patterns were used on the exterior lining cloth of the inner side of these sandals. Gucci sued Senda for trade mark infringement, demanding that the defendant cease infringement and pay damages.

The Copyright Amendment Act, 2012, which came into force on June 21 2012, introduced major changes in the Indian Copyright Law. Various production houses and music labels have challenged the constitutional validity of these amendments before the Delhi High Court, by different petitions.

On April 3 2013, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) issued Office Order No 13-054 series of 2013 amending Section 20 of Office Order No 139 s 2012 relating to the Philippines regulations implementing the Madrid Protocol with regard to the submission of the Declaration of Actual Use (DAU).

On April 1 2013, the Egyptian Patent Office started operating as an International Search Authority (ISA) and as an International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA). The PCT Assembly appointed the Egyptian Office as an ISA and IPEA at the Assembly of the PCT Union session in September of 2009.