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Unity of a trade mark application

Pursuant to the binding Law on Trade Marks, one trade mark application can relate to one trade mark only. A trade mark can be registered in respect of an unlimited number of goods and services. In the case of colour trade marks, an application can relate to only one combination of colours.

Managing IP Correspondent, March 31 2001

USTR comes down hard on Ukraine

Time, patience and sympathy ran out for the Ukraine on March 13 when, nine months after the central Asian country committed itself to implementing anti-counterfeiting measures, the US Trade Representative (USTR) designated it a Priority Foreign Country (PFC).

Managing IP Correspondent, March 31 2001

BMS defeat highlights generic debate

A federal judge has ruled that Mylan Laboratories must be allowed to sell its generic copy of Bristol-Myers Squibb's highly profitable drug BuSpar.

Managing IP Correspondent, March 31 2001

A little morality in a digital world

Australian copyright law has been overhauled with amendments covering moral rights and digital protection. Kristin Stammer provides a guide for copyright owners and users of copyright material

Managing IP Correspondent, March 31 2001

Spanish court proceedings overhauled

A long-awaited and far-reaching new Civil Procedure Act came into force in Spain on January 8 2001, which will have a profound effect on all civil proceedings, including IP actions. Gonzalo Ulloa and Ralph Smith reveal the main changes

Managing IP Correspondent, March 31 2001

Ten commandments for success in Europe

Conducting opposition proceedings at OHIM is full of pitfalls for the uninitiated. Tasneem Haq provides 10 rules to help trade mark owners achieve success

Managing IP Correspondent, March 31 2001

China joins with Europe to fight counterfeiters

European electrical goods companies have teamed up with Chinese government inspectors to raid the factories of Chinese counterfeiters who are costing the industry millions of euros a year. The raids in Guangdong province in south China targeted factories producing counterfeit goods such as kettles, plugs, sockets and cookware being made to European companies' designs.

Managing IP Correspondent, March 31 2001

UK stance threatens European harmony

Business methods should remain unpatentable. That was the clear message coming from the UK last month. In a statement issued on March 13, the government stood firm in its position not to allow the patentability of business methods and to allow no change in the guidelines for patenting software. The government's stance is likely to bring the UK into direct conflict with the European Patent Office, the United States and the UK software industry, which believes it is losing out to its American colleagues.

Managing IP Correspondent, March 31 2001

Double jeopardy and European patents

A recent EPO decision has challenged the conventional exclusion on double patenting. Neil Thomson asks where the decision leaves EPO practice, and what impact it will have on proceedings in the UK

Managing IP Correspondent, March 31 2001

Balancing rights in Estonia’s gene pool

Research into the human genome has opened up the possibility of collecting, publishing and even patenting individual genes. Andreas Schrell and Nils Heide explain how a new law will regulate the gene database in Estonia

Managing IP Correspondent, March 31 2001

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