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    IP High Court dismisses injunction request
    On December 15 2009, the IP High Court of Japan rendered a decision dismissing a request for a preliminary injunction by an applicant wanting to prevent the respondent from initiating legal action in a foreign country.
    Managing IP Correspondent, February 01 2010
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    State of Israel sues Omrix for NIS 500 million
    The State of Israel, represented by Dr Shlomo Cohen & Co, Law Offices, has filed a NIS500 million ($132 million) lawsuit in the Tel Aviv District Court against Omrix Biopharmaceuticals Ltd and entrepreneur Robert Taub. Omrix, bought by Johnson & Johnson in 2008 for $438 million, has commercialised a number of related inventions concerning medical adhesives for treating haemophiliacs and other applications. In the lawsuit the state claims that the company stole its intellectual property.
    Managing IP Correspondent, February 01 2010
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    IP programme gets going
    The government's anti-piracy programme stepped up a notch at the end of 2009 with three important events taking place in December.
    Managing IP Correspondent, February 01 2010
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    Eco marks not accepted without permission
    Trade marks containing the term "Eco" are not accepted by the Greek Trade Mark Office, unless permission to use the term has been awarded to the applicant under EC Regulation 880/1992 on the Community eco-label award scheme or under to an award system applicable in an EU member state.
    Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2009
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    Foreign use and registration
    Thus far in 2009, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has consulted on five proposed practice changes relating to trade marks. These range from the substantive modifications to cancellation practice to the largely inconsequential revision to the manner in which CIPO publishes practice notices. This compares to a sole practice change in 2008 and none in 2007.
    Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2009
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    EPO puts new burdens on applicants
    As part of the Raising the Bar initiative, procedural changes to the EPC Implementing Regulations have been introduced to bring European patent applications in compliance with the EPC at an early stage of the grant procedure. Among these procedural changes a new Rule 62a EPC and amended Rules 63 and 64 EPC have been decided as discussed in a recent Notice from the EPO of October 15 2009.
    Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2009
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    China subsidises PCT patent filings
    On September 15 2009, the Ministry of Finance issued the Provisional Measures on the Administration of Special Patent Funds for Subsidizing Filing Patents Abroad. These detail how China provides financial support in an attempt to encourage domestic parties filing patent applications abroad.
    Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2009
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    Petition for review of Article 112a EPC: right to be heard
    The EPC 2000 (in force since December 13 2007) introduced the possibility to review decisions made by the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office. A party that is adversely affected by a decision of a Board can file a petition for review if fundamental procedural violations happened during the appeal proceedings.
    Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2009
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    New taxation on copyrights and neighbouring rights
    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.
    Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2009
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    Copyright extended to cover functional concepts
    The Australian Federal Court in Vawdrey Australia Pty Ltd v Krueger Transport Equipment Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 156 has extended the bounds of copyright to cover the more functional three-dimensional aspects of a two-dimensional drawing.
    Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2009
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