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Brazil: Renewed focus on anti-counterfeiting

Isabel Boardman of Soerensen Garcia Advogados advises IP owners to interact with the Customs office in their country in order to curb anti-counterfeiting

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2010

Interview: The US gets a new chief judge of IP

At the September IPO Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Chief Judge Randall Rader of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit told the story of his court’s creation. He sat down with Eileen McDermott there to talk about why that story is important, what advice he has for other similar courts and why he said the Supreme Court is not doing enough these days

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2010

New anti-pirating legislation

On September 1 2010, new anti-pirating legislation aimed at curbing the pirating of DVDs and CDs entered into effect. The new regulations are set forth in Decree No 75/2010/ND-CP Providing Regulations on Administrative Penalties in the Area of Culture (Decree 75), which was promulgated by the Government on July 12 2010. Further guidelines for the new regulations were prescribed under Circular No 09/2010/TT-BVHTTDL of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, which was issued on August 24 2010.

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2010

The burden of proof in counterfeit matters

Statistics show that the number of cases handled by Norwegian Customs involving goods infringing intellectual property rights, as well as the number of articles seized, is high. Counterfeit products and IP theft have real-world consequences.

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2010

Ex post facto and inventive step

Under the Korean Patent Act, the inventive step is determined by judging whether the invention could be easily conceived from the prior arts by a person having ordinary skill in the art.

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2010

Editorial

R&D-based companies in the life sciences sector face a difficult time. Blockbuster drugs are coming off patent, the pharmaceutical sector continues to face scrutiny from regulators on both sides of the Atlantic, and public scepticism about their right to seek IP protection over innovations related to plants and animals is growing.

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2010

Venezuela: Fighting the traffic of fakes

Matías Pérez Irazábal of Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque discusses the efforts of Customs authorities to prevent the commercialisation of counterfeit products

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2010

The Caribbean: Don’t be ambushed

Aarón Montero and Gabriela Bodden of E-Proint discuss ways to stop ambush marketing and trade mark infringement

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2010

Protection of trade marks under criminal law

Trade mark protection under Polish Criminal Law is guaranteed by the following legal acts:

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2010

Amendment to the Industrial Property Code

The long-awaited amendment to the Italian Industrial Property Code (IPC) was finally enacted on September 2 2010, by means of legislative decree 131/2010.

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2010

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