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Employees' Invention Act simplified

On October 1 2009, the Law on Simplification and Modernisation of the Patent Law will enter into force in Germany, and the amendments affect several German acts relating to intellectual property.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2009

Court boosts trade mark owners

The Indonesian Commercial Court has raised the hopes of trade mark owners facing the grim and costly task of tackling trade mark infringers in Indonesia.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2009

Cut your taxes on patent revenues

Like many other countries, Belgium has adopted some interesting measures for cutting taxes on patent income for corporations in order to promote innovation.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2009

Court addresses imitation marketing

In a recent judgment the Austrian Supreme Court had to decide a case on knives that were protected as registered Community designs. These knives were sold in sets consisting of 11 knives, where the knives were packed in two layers of five and six such that when the cover of the package was taken away all of the handles of the knives could be seen. The infringement of the registered Community design was a clear-cut case and was not even appealed to the Supreme Court by the defendant.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2009

Sanity prevails in grace period litigation

In 2002, Australia introduced a grace period provision which was modelled on the US style grace period to provide a 12 month prior publication or use right by the patentee before filing a complete patent application.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2009

Service marks in Uganda and Nigeria

The Uganda Registrar General announced on June 10 2009 that the Nice Classification, 9th edition must be used. Some practitioners concluded that service mark applications could be filed and sundry news items appeared to that effect. However, discussion with the authorities confirmed that the 1952 law would have to be amended to provide for service marks and, accordingly, that the Registry is not yet open for them.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2009

How do we stop lookalikes?

Our company launched a new product last year but we have since discovered that a leading supermarket is selling an own brand version that looks very similar. What should we do?

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2009

How to enforce your IP rights

Rahul Chaudhry and Sumit Wadhwa, of Lall Lahiri & Salhotra, compare litigation and administrative actions and discuss alternative avenues available

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2009

The evolution of IP rights

Pravin Anand and Dhruv Anand of Anand and Anand examine how IP has evolved in India over the past 30 years, focusing on legislation, the courts and other bodies, press coverage, teaching and training

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2009

Meet Microsoft's man in India

Rakesh Bakshi, associate general counsel of Microsoft India, spoke with Peter Ollier about piracy, politics, software patents and his greatest achievement so far

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2009

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