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Memorable encounters with IP

Jern Ern Chuah and Debbie David of Advanz Fidelis provide a guide in three parts on how best to communicate the importance of IP to business people and why IP is, ultimately, about business needs

Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2009

Patent prosecution explained

Dave A Wyatt of Henry Goh & Co outlines effective strategies for securing patent protection in Malaysia

Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2009

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Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2009

Patent owners need to take "reasonable care"

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.

Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2009

How to secure evidence outside a lawsuit

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.

Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2009

The death of business methods

Following a trend in several major patent offices around the world with respect to the protection of business method-related patents, the Mexican Patent Office is shifting more decisively towards summarily rejecting applications seeking to protect such inventions.

Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2009

High Court brokers bunfight

We know that the most important purpose of a trade mark is to allow a customer to distinguish this product, with minimal private and social costs, from similar goods made by other manufacturers.

Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2009

Court acquits P2P software developer

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.

Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2009

High Court compares essential features

Under the Indian Patent Act a patent is available on an invention that is new, useful and is not obvious to the person skilled in the art. The invention, a product or a process, must satisfy the test of constituting an inventive step, which means the improvement must produce a new result or a new or better article. In the case Strix Limited vs Maharaja Appliances Limited, which recently came up before the Delhi High Court, the technology in use was claimed to be a part of the public domain.

Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2009

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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