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The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) first began work as an international searching authority (ISA) and an international preliminary examining authority (IPEA) in December 1999. In the years following, KIPO was selected as a competent ISA and IPEA by several countries, including the US in 2006. KIPO became only the second foreign patent office (following the EPO) qualified to act as both an ISA and IPEA for US international applications, which could be interpreted as international recognition of KIPO's search and examination quality.

Our Designs Act was substantially reviewed in 2003 to try to broaden the protection available to applicants.

In 1995 Levi Strauss (Philippines) Inc filed a criminal complaint on unfair competition against Tony Lim, which went all the way up to the Supreme Court as case GR no 162311. The Supreme Court issued its decision on December 4 2008, holding that the trade mark Levi's is not confusingly similar to Live's and that the elements of unfair competition were not proven. On the procedural aspect, the case was also dismissible because the remedy chosen by Levi Strauss was the wrong mode of appeal.

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China's new Patent Law was passed by the Standing Committee of the People Congress on December 27 2008 and will become effective on October 1 2009.

A monthly column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam – who received the world’s first recorded patent in 1449

The innovative research process plays a fundamental role in the chemical-pharmaceutical and chemical-agricultural industries. Patents and data exclusivity are two of the key mechanisms for legally protecting the results of such research.

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The Recording Industry Association of America is to halt its campaign against peer-to-peer file sharers in favour of a new and perhaps equally controversial tactic

The introduction of absolute novelty and a system requiring companies in China to seek permission from SIPO before filing abroad are among patent amendments approved in China