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Improvements to restoration of rights

By an amendment to the Patents Act earlier this year, Finland became one of the 14 countries where the Patent Law Treaty (PLT) has entered into force.

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2006
AIPPI attacks biodiversity and patent link

Emma Barraclough, London

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2006
Web page design attracts copyright protection

A recent decision by Chongqing No 1 Intermediate People's Court has confirmed that the layout and design of web pages per se can enjoy copyright protection in China.

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2006
Level of inventiveness for utility models

Following the enactment of the Austrian Utility Model in 1994, not much guidance was given by the courts with regard to the level of inventiveness required to meet the statutory requirement of "inventive step". According to the considerations given by the legislator and the prevailing opinion in academic writing, a lower quantity of inventiveness compared to patent law was considered sufficient for the registration of valid utility models in Austria.

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2006
New laws for Cape Verde

The government of Cape Verde is preparing to introduce modern industrial property laws. The new legislation will repeal a Portuguese Code of 1940 which had applied to Cape Verde but had fallen into disuse. In preparation for the new system, the processing of trade mark registrations under the old Code has been temporarily revived.

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2006
New Zealand: the ideal testing ground

Ian Finch and David Marriott of James & Wells laud New Zealand's virtues as a test market for IP litigation cases, or to test the strength of patents and trade marks

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2006
Australian IP litigation explained

Peter Chalk, David Clark and Ben Miller of Blake Dawson Waldron outline the IP litigation process in Australia, and consider recent legal developments that might affect this process

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2006
Courts moving with the times

It has been an interesting year for the Australian courts, considering internet issues for first time, and grappling with colour marks. By Michael Wolnizer and Jeff Bergmann of Davies Collison Cave

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2006
A hard line against anti-competitive acts

IP owners are rarely fans of parallel imports, which are often used to short-circuit markets they have traditionally controlled. But Graeme Samuel, chairman of the Australian competition watchdog, the ACCC, warns companies that efforts to restrict grey market goods must stay on the right side of the law

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2006
Asia

Australia: The Trade Marks Amendment Bill was passed by the Australian Parliament on October 12. Amendments include the ability to conduct simple trade mark transactions over the phone and new provisions dealing with opposition procedures.

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2006

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