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Austrian patent law accepts the ownership of patents (and other IP rights) of several natural and/or legal persons as co–owners principally but refers to general civil law all questions concerning the rights of the individual owners with regard to the other co–owners.

Although Community trade marks cover all EU member states and the relevant public consists in the present case of professionals and average European consumers, Spanish ladies were the deciding factor in the OHIM opposition case at issue between a Canadian trade mark applicant and a German opponent.

Genentech, the plaintiff, is the patentee of a patent for an invention titled "vascular endothelial cell growth factor antagonists". Genentech filed an application for the registration of patent term extension in relation to the patent asserting that Genentech obtained an approval of partial changes in manufacturing approval (the disposition), which added a new dosage and administration of its medicine Avastin, whose general name is bevacizumab (the medicine). Regarding the medicine, there was a prior disposition that differs only in dosage and administration (see figure for the differences between the prior disposition and the disposition).

The Russian Patent Office rejected registration of a trade mark in application 2012715514 with priority of May 14 2012 in the name of a Russian company Tarantino Ltd Co. The designation is a figurative representation of the relevant name.

On September 10, the Intellectual Property Office (IPOPHL) launched the Community Review Process open to all industry associations. This is in line with its objective to promote transparency and facilitate the flow of information in granting patents, utility model and industrial design registrations.

Since April 2013, Singapore has been developing itself as a Global IP Hub in Asia that services the needs of IP companies and facilitates the development and growth of the IP landscape in Asia. As part of its efforts to become a conducive environment for IP activities, various initiatives and programmes have been launched to develop Singapore's IP infrastructure, expertise and ecosystem. These include:

Haydn Evans and Matthew Luby explain the importance of detailed patent search and analytics in determining IP and broader business strategies

Alibaba's much anticipated IPO last month met the initial expectations of investors. Closing the day at nearly 40% above the opening price, the IPO will now go down as the largest ever after it sold an additional 48 million shares over the following weekend.

The new gTLD programme is creating a much larger world for rights owners to monitor and protect their brands. Elisa Cooper discusses the six categories that merit special attention from brand protection professionals

In recent months, business owners and associations in Malaysia have, via various channels, vented their frustration over the high-handed manner in which a collecting society for performers had been collecting its fees from music users, such as retailers and shopkeepers.