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News & Analysis

Ascertaining inventive step in a dosage of tadalafil

01 June 2018 by Henri van Kalkeren

Cialis® is a pharmaceutical product for the treatment of erectile dysfunction developed by Lilly ICOS, a joint venture of ICOS Corporation and Eli Lilly and Company.

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Ascertaining Thailand’s rules on trade marks relating to alcohol

01 June 2018 by Daniel Greif and Dhanasun Chumchuay

The Thai Alcohol Control Act (ACA) B.E. 2551(2008) sets the legal framework for restrictions on alcoholic beverages in Thailand, as well as establishing governmental bodies to oversee such restrictions, i.e. the National Alcohol Beverage Policy Committee and the Alcohol Beverage Control Committee.

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Assessing similarity of marks

01 June 2018 by Denys Bertels

The holder of word mark JOY, Jean Patou Worldwide, filed an opposition against the EU registration of the mark HISPANITAS - Joy is a choice.

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Basic patents and supplementary protection certificates

01 June 2018 by Klaus Breitenstein

In recent ex-parte appeal proceedings (decision 14 W (pat) 10/16 of January 23 2018), the German Federal Patent Court (GFPC) contributed to the interpretation of Article 3(a) of Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 (the Regulation).

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Court enforces agreement to stop grey marketing

01 June 2018 by Mark Davis

Trade mark owners should feel encouraged by the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision to enforce an agreement to prevent grey marketing (or parallel importing) in Mars Canada Inc v Bemco Cash & Carry Inc.

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Determining the originality of a photographic work

01 June 2018 by Managing Intellectual Property

In 2008, a legislator’s wig was ripped off at the Control Yuan of Taiwan, an incident which was recorded by photography by a number of reporters at the scene.

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Examining non-trade mark rights protected by Chinese trade mark law

01 June 2018 by Lily Changxin Lei

In recent years, the protection system for trade mark rights has become more and more mature in China. Non-trade mark rights have also caught the attention of IP practitioners and even outsiders.

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How will China’s government reform affect IP in the country?

01 June 2018 by Jing He

China announced a huge government reshuffle programme. The sweeping government restructuring programme was said to be the largest reform since the end of the Mao Zedong era in the 1970s

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Indian Patent Office rejects application under Section 3(d) of the Indian Patent Act

01 June 2018 by Managing Intellectual Property

The Indian Patent Office vide order dated November 8 2017 has rejected patent application 6647/DELNP/2007 for lack of inventive step and for non-patentable subject matter under Section 3(d) of the Indian Patent Act.

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IPEC provides a quick and simple option in litigation

01 June 2018 by Managing Intellectual Property

The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) has an objective to provide quick and cost-effective IP litigation. It has proved to be popular.