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  • Patent owners have been shocked at how popular IPR proceedings at the PTAB have proven. As the USPTO mulls over changes and the Federal Circuit braces itself for a deluge of appeals, Michael Loney reports on how the PTAB is likely to evolve
  • In the Argentine Republic, the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) has responsibility to protect industrial property rights, either by conferring the title deeds set forth by the legislation on the matter, or by effecting the corresponding registrations for that purpose.
  • Legislators and courts all over the world are grappling with the challenge that new technology poses to copyright norms. James Nurton summarises the latest developments and examines why some feel reform is vital
  • Within the EU the attack on a trade mark on the basis of a company name is often problematic with regard to proofs both against national trade marks and EU trade marks. According to the EU Trade Marks Directive Article 4.4 (b) a member state may provide for such action. If it does this Article foresees three cumulative conditions:
  • On July 16, China Supreme People's Court (SPC) released its amendment proposal for public comments, titled "Amendment of the Judiciary Interpretation – Certain Provisions on Issues Concerning Application of Law in Trying Cases Involving Patent Disputes". The current Judiciary Interpretation is one of the key authorities for Chinese courts to handle patent infringement cases. It has been in effect since 2001 and has had some minor changes over the years.
  • In two notable judgements, the German Federal Patent Court has resolved questions concerning the assessment of patent claim clarity before the German Patent Office.
  • In a recent judgment, the Administrative Court of Appeals affirmed the Greek Trade Mark Commission's ruling that a trade mark application (word mark) Cardiometabolic Care is descriptive for goods and services in classes 5 (pharmaceutical products) and 44 (medicinal services) irrespective of the fact that the same application has been accepted for registration in some EU countries.
  • According to the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia (which has permanent legal force) the determination of whether or not a mark is similar to another must be made as a whole, rather than being separated part by part. This is illustrated by some recent cases.
  • Strange overtones sometimes accompany intellectual property. Usually businesses register trade marks to promote their goods. In this case a Russian company filed a trade mark application for a trade mark Kennedy's Assassin in class 41 (production and distribution of motion pictures).
  • A new law related to service inventions (Law 83/2014) entered into force in Romania at the end of June 2014. In this context, it has become essential for the employer to have a full overview over the last two years of activity of its employee(s).