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The Sudanese Trademark Office has announced an important jurisdictional change – the Appeal Committee of the Trademark Office has been dissolved and, in future, appeals against decisions of the registrar will go to the courts. A registrar's decision might, for example, be a refusal based on issues surrounding non-distinctiveness, or a refusal based on prior rights (in formal opposition proceedings).

Law 4605/19, enacted last week, introduced important amendments to Greek patent law and more specifically to the provisions relating to licences.

On March 18 2019, China announced amendments to its laws on joint ventures and the Regulations on Administration of Technology Import and Export (TIER) with immediate effect. The changes took away some of the restrictions around cross-border technology transfers, delivering more freedom in contracts in future transactions. The announcement has attracted lots of attention from around the world as the rules are directly related to some of the claims in the US-China trade disputes. The changes may turn out to be beneficial to both Chinese and foreign companies in the long-run. We highlight the background and key changes below.

In response to the adoption of China's new foreign investment law, the China State Council promulgated decision no. 709, which revoked certain provisions of the Administration of Technology Import and Export Regulations (TIER), effective since March 18 2019. These changes address one of the biggest controversies in the US-China trade war and open up a window for free negotiation in cross-border technology transfers by lifting certain mandatory restrictions. The changes include deleting Article 24(3), Article 27 and Article 29 of the regulations.

Amid an explosion in US trademarks filed from China, Mark Peroff of Peroff Saunders examines the challenges for Chinese brands in navigating the US legal system

As the Brexit impasse continues, Tania Clark, president of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, examines the impact on EU IP in the UK whether there is a deal or not

An application for a trademark no 2016739384 was filed by Chicago, a Russian beauty parlour from S-Petersburg.

The Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on copyright in the Digital Single Market was adopted on March 26 2019 by the European Parliament. The purpose of this directive is to protect authors' rights in the digital world. It provides general rules for protection and conditions of use for works protected by copyright in the fields of research, education and the conservation of cultural heritage.

Last month, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) delivered its opinion denying a patentee's request to enter post-grant amendments as a defence in a revocation hearing. Its opinion was based on findings of undue delay in presenting the post-grant amendments and unfair advantage in pursuing monetisation efforts in Singapore centred on the broader unamended Singapore claims, when narrowing amendments had been required to obtain or retain grant of corresponding patents in other countries.

On December 11 2018 the European Parliament discussed the proposal for a regulation on the transparency and sustainability of EU risk assessment in the food chain amending, inter alia, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 [General Food Law].