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IN BRIEF: ASIA

? China: The World Summit on Intellectual Property is to be held in Beijing in April 2003. It will be sponsored jointly by WIPO and the Chinese Government.

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2002

USPTO to adopt European-style reexamination

Attorneys in the US have welcomed important changes to the USPTO reexamination practice, passed by the Senate in October. Under the changes, the reexamination process should prove much more attractive, particularly to third parties.

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2002

Freedom of expression upheld

A UK court has upheld freedom of expression over privacy in the high profile case of supermodel Naomi Campbell, which interpreted the Data Protection Act for the first time.

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2002

Microsoft wins $4.6 million damages in Hong Kong

Ralph Cunningham, Hong Kong

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2002

Privacy in the electronic age

Alice Turinas and Bart Showalter compare data protection regulations in the US and Europe and reveal some of the pitfalls that await companies doing business internationally

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2002

JPO search/examination reports and patents recognized

Singapore's patent rules have been amended this year to recognize search and examination reports and patents issued by the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) in the grant process of Singapore patents. Singapore patent applications with a priority filing date on or after August 15 2002, may rely on JPO search and examination reports and granted patents in place of local search and examination.

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2002

BMS faces pressure in Thailand

An action to revoke its patent on the drug Videx EC threatens to limit further Bristol-Myers Squibb's (BMS) rights to sell Aids medicines in Thailand. Three Aids patients and the Foundation for Consumers, a local group, claim that the US pharmaceutical company did not invent the drug and so should not be allowed to own the rights to it in Thailand. According to the plaintiffs, the drug is a product of collaboration between BMS and the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2002

£4 million award for Dyson in UK

Vacuum cleaner maker Dyson has pocketed over £4 million ($6.24 million) in a settlement with rival Hoover. The settlement - £4 million plus costs and interest - comes just weeks before the High Court was due to decide what level of damages should be awarded against Hoover.

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2002

An inexhaustible question

One might have thought that the question of the exhaustion of trade marks in the European Economic Area (EEA) had been resolved, or at least stabilized, to a certain extent.

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2002

Trade mark system strives to be taken seriously

A new law and the strict implementation of a plan to speed up litigation have seen Indonesia move closer towards international standards of trade mark protection and enforcement, claim Adolf Panggabean and Erna L Kusoy

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2002

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