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  • Allowance rates at the USPTO have increased to nearly 46%, compared to about 41% this time last year, Director David Kappos said yesterday.
  • The UK’s Competition Commission and Office of Fair Trading are likely to be merged, the government has said
  • Europe’s highest court is to rule on a case tomorrow that could lead to an overhaul of the EU’s system of copyright levies
  • Canada’s Federal Court last week overturned a rejection of Amazon’s one-click patent application, characterising the commissioner of patents’ analysis as being “far outside [her] jurisdiction”
  • The difference between Canada’s commissioner of patents decision on Amazon’s one-click patent and that of the court reveals divergent views of precedents in England, Europe and the United States
  • Icann senior vice-president Kurt Pritz has confirmed that the next draft of the Applicant Guidebook is due in early November
  • The UK competition watchdog the Office for Fair Trading has fined Reckitt Benckiser £10.2 million ($16 million) after the company admitted abusing its dominant position when supplying heartburn medicines to the National Health Service
  • The first MIP Awards Dinner, held at Claridge's in London on March 29, recognized the firms of the year in more than 30 categories, as well as the in-house team of the year and the lifetime achievement
  • Singapore is due to accede to the Geneva Act (1999) of the Hague Agreement during the first half of 2005, in line with the Registered Designs (Amendment) Act 2004 which came into force on January 1 2005. This will allow Singapore to meet its obligations under the European Free Trade Association-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (ESFTA).
  • US burger chain McDonald's has been involved in a number of lawsuits and other legal cases involving trade mark issues in its 66-year history. In Malaysia, they have now successfully protected their interests and obtained the exclusive use of the Mc prefix following a five-year legal tussle with McCurry Restaurant (KL). The Malaysian High Court has ruled that McDonalds has an exclusive right to "Mc" and it is the trade mark of the US fast food company.