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International: Almost 5% more patent applications were filed under WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty in 2007 than in the year before. For the fourth year running, the most notable growth rates came from countries in north-east Asia. The region, which includes Korea and Japan, accounted for 25.8% of all international applications under the PCT.

Managing IP Correspondent, March 01 2008

Americas

Paraguay: The Paraguayan Customs Office introduced the country's first official system for tracking IP rights at the border by implementing the Registry of Trademarks and Intellectual Property Rights. The new system will allow IP owners to register their marks in the Paraguayan Customs Office's computer system, named Sofia.

Managing IP Correspondent, March 01 2008

How to deal with the Gulf's IP challenges

Last month Dubai hosted the Fourth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting. Managing IP and Rouse & Co organized a roundtable to discuss how the issues raised affect IP owners in the region

Managing IP Correspondent, March 01 2008

Utynam's Heirs

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

Managing IP Correspondent, March 01 2008

Towards a global valuations standard

Could proposals for a global standard for patent valuation provide greater transparency and clarity for IP owners? James Nurton reports

Managing IP Correspondent, March 01 2008

The mystery of method diagnosis claims

Traditionally in New Zealand claims directed to methods of diagnosis (MOD) have been allowable. This is based on well-established case law (for example, Bio-Digital Sciences Incorporated's Application [1973] 21 RPC 668) and on guidelines issued by the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) in October 1998.

Managing IP Correspondent, March 01 2008

New criteria regarding letters of consent

For many years, the Mexican Trade Mark Office (MTO) has been accepting letters of consent from the owners of prior trade mark registrations in order to overcome a reference cited as anticipation in the prosecution of a trade mark application that can be considered as similar or even identical.

Managing IP Correspondent, March 01 2008

Pending copyright changes explained

As noted in our update in last month's issue, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) recently enacted the Copyright Law 2007 "Copyright Law", which establishes a comprehensive statutory copyright regime and replaces legislation enacted in 1911 and 1924. The new law will come into effect in May 2008. In addition to the changes in respect of copyright ownership and moral rights discussed in last month's update, other significant changes include:

Managing IP Correspondent, March 01 2008

An SPC's filing date may affect its duration

Since regulation (EEC) 1768/92 on supplementary protection certificates (SPC) appeared, it has been the object of numerous court actions, which have defined terms such as "product" and "Community".

Managing IP Correspondent, March 01 2008

Decision in landmark fashion design case

The Irish High Court has recently given a landmark decision concerning Council Regulation (EC) 6/2002 (the Regulation) which protects Community design rights. This decision generated much interest in Ireland as there is little case law here concerning unregistered design rights and the interpretation of the Regulation.

Managing IP Correspondent, March 01 2008

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