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Protecting Computer Related Inventions

Computer software is currently protected in Russia by the Law of the Russian Federation on the Legal Protection of Computer Programs and Databases of September 23 1992. At that time this was an important step toward securing protection of rights in a quickly developing field of human activities. The law provided for voluntary registration of software. In fact, it was very similar to the Law on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights which protected literary, musical and similar works.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Parallel imports important update

MIP (April 1999) reported the decision in Montana Tyres Rims and Tubes Pty Ltd v Transport Tyre Sales Pty Ltd. The appeal decision of the Full Federal Court has now been published.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Universities win right to claim inventors’ IP

As the clock winds down for 1999, researchers in Denmark have to hurry if they want to keep their IP rights for their inventions. The Danish parliament passed a new act on May 25 1999 with effect from July 1 1999. This act applies to inventions made after January 1 2000, and gives an employer (the institution or university) the option to claim the IP rights for an invention made by an employee (the researcher).

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Japan tackles the technology tsunami

Rapid technological change is forcing legislators to re-consider IP legislation everywhere. John Tessensohn and Shusaku Yamamoto analyze Japan’s attempts to modernize copyright and trade mark protection

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Germany goes colour blind

The German Federal Supreme Court has broken through the blockade of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office dismissing applications for abstract colours and colour combinations. Wolfgang von Meibom and Christian Harmsen look at the background and consequences of its landmark decision

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

SmithKline barred from selling chicken pox vaccine

A US court has ordered SmithKline Beecham to stop selling the varicella zoster chicken pox vaccine in the US and Canada for the next three years.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Congress boosts protection for rights owners

The Senate and the House of Representatives each passed IP bills in August designed to increase the odds in favour of trade mark and patent owners.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

The latest news from the Federal Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has been active this summer in many areas of patent law. Some of its most noteworthy holdings are briefly reviewed below:

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Comment-The WTO’s millennium bug

It will come as no surprise to rights owners to hear that Venezuela’s government has asked for an extension to the January 1 2000 TRIPs deadline. Since TRIPs was negotiated in 1992, it has become increasingly obvious that many developing countries lack either the will or the means to fulfil completely their obligations and implement new legislation.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Protecting trade marks in non-Roman script

Legal relations concerning the protection of word trade marks in non-Roman script are regulated in Ukraine mainly by the Law "On the Protection of Rights to Marks for Goods and Services" (the Law) and the "Rules on Compiling, Filing and Examining an Application for Grant of a Certificate of Ukraine on a Mark for Goods and Services" (the Rules).

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

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