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The conditions for obtaining a patent registration in any country of the Andean Community are: novelty (not in the state of the art), inventive level (non-obviousness) and industrial application. Article 2 of Andean Decision 344 (enforceable in Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia) sets out the conditions for novelty which have given rise to discussions in view of the lack of clarity of its writing.

Austria A L 1 (2) Dr Thomas M Haffner Vienna ? 2 (3) Patnentwalte Kliment Vienna ? 3 (1) Sonn Pawloy Weinzinger & Wolfram Vienna ? 4 (-) DI Berger Vienna ? 5 (4) Kopecky & Schwarz Vienna ?

In the rapidly developing software market questions often arise regarding proper protection of program names. Of course, program names can be registered as trade marks. On the other hand, many software developers are not aware of the fact that program names may enjoy protection in Germany as titles of works. Titles of works are defined as designations of printed publications, cinematographic works, musical and dramatic works, or other comparable works which, according to German case law, include computer programs.

Recently, as part of the national drive towards becoming a regional IT and e-learning hub, a research and education centre at the National University of Singapore known as the Institute of Systems Science (ISS) launched what it claims to be the world´ s first virtual institute. The ISS took about one and a half years to develop the necessary software. It is intended that the virtual institute will serve, among other things, to re-train graduates for the growing infocomm industry. Plans are also being made to offer courses to local students and to provide courses in languages other than English for students in other countries in the region.

To strengthen IP rights enforcement in Singapore, new border enforcement measures were introduced in the Copyright Act and the recent Trade Marks Act 1998 to prevent infringing goods from entering Singapore. The border enforcement measures under the Trade Marks Act 1998 in particular took effect on January 15 1999 and enable a trade mark owner suspicious of any incoming shipment of infringing goods to enlist the assistance of the Customs and Excise Department. Subject to certain safeguards, the Department may seize these goods when they enter Singapore.

The new Trade Mark Law which came into force on July 23 1998 includes the provision to introduce oppositions within three months from the date of a trade mark´ s publication in the Official Bulletin.

The 30 countries profiled in MIP’s Emerging Markets Survey will be among the big markets of tomorrow. Which makes it vital to know where to find the top firms. On the following pages, we reveal the results of our fourth annual survey, and analyze the latest trends

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