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  • The European Directive on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions 98/44/EC was transformed into national law on June 10 2005. The Austrian Parliament has established a special monitoring committee to manage this transformation. This committee (the Biopatent Monitoring Committee) had the task of monitoring the impact of this transformation into Austrian law on:
  • On January 8 2007, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce issued a measure which aims to strengthen the value of Chinese brands. By giving local brands a special status, and by promoting and protecting these brands, it hopes to boost the sale and export of local branded goods. As these gain popularity, it also hopes that the competitiveness of Chinese goods as a whole in the world market will increase.
  • Recently, the Full Federal Court prononunced on the operation of the Australian copyright provisions for websites that contain hyperlinks.
  • The draft legislation discussed in the MIP briefing on Ethiopia in May 2006 was promulgated on July 7 2006 under The Trade Mark Registration and Protection Proclamation 501/2006 (the Proclamation).
  • Article 15 of the TRIPs Agreement provides that combinations of colours – among other kinds of signs – can be registered as trade marks. Article 1 of the Argentine Trade Mark Act 22,362 specifically requires that combinations of colours can be registered as trade marks provided they are applied in a fixed place on products or containers. Article 2 says that the natural or inherent colour of the products or a single colour applied on them cannot be considered to be a trade mark.
  • One of the consequences of the separation of Serbia and Montenegro is the overhaul of the domain name system in the two countries. Vesna Gakovic and Kathryn Szymczyk explain why the new rules are more welcoming for international applicants
  • Since 2003, when the Mexican Linkage Regulation was enacted, the Mexican Patent Office, due to a narrow interpretation, has been reluctant to include in the Linkage Gazette patents that cover pharmaceutical compositions and medical use patents.
  • In a recent appeal case, Gopal Glass Works Ltd v AC of Patents & Designs Ors 2006 (33) PTC 434 (cal), Kolkata High Court examined the grounds for cancelling a registered design.
  • Software is invading every field of business, including telecommunications, industrial equipment, cars and audio-video media The development of new products results in the integration of computer programs that correspond to features, some of them widespread and others more original.
  • The Croatian Academic and Research Network (CARNet), which administers top-level .hr domains, has introduced a new draft entitled Regulations Regarding the Organization of Top-Level "hr" Internet Domains and the Principles of Managing the Top-Level "hr" Domain. The new Draft will replace existing Regulations when it enters into force on January 1 2007.