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Representatives from ACTA’s negotiating countries will gather for a signing ceremony in Japan tomorrow, though several will not be able to actually sign

Managing IP has published its Rising Stars 2021 list

MLL Legal talks about strengthening it's Lausanne office

Turkey's policy is that geographical indications (GIs) should be protected not only for wines and spirits but also for other products. The same argument has been made by countries such as Switzerland, Hungary and Bulgaria in TRIPs Council meetings though a majority of countries, including the US, Canada, Australia, Argentina and Chile were against it.

EU: The European Commission's new draft block exemption for technology transfer aims to change the competition rules applicable to the licensing of patents, know how and software copyright by reducing the regulatory burden for companies, giving them more freedom to respond to commercial needs, and to improve the TTBE's clarity and scope. Spain: The country's recent accession to the Geneva Act (1999) of the Hague Agreement concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs means it has reached the required number of accessions to enter into force on December 23 this year. Spain is the 11th contracting state following Estonia, Georgia, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland and Ukraine. Sweden: Domain name owners will be able to register their domains in the Swedish language including all its accents, dots and rings. Registrar NIC-SE, which manages the Swedish top-level domain .se, introduced the plans to allow users to apply for domain names including the signs å, ä, ö, ü and é in addition to the standard alphabetical and numerical signs. UK: Copyright laws moved closer towards a US-type regime when the new Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003, which implement the EU Copyright Directive, entered into force at the end of October. UK: The Patent Office has published a guide on its website aimed at informing designers about what to look out for when preparing their application for a design registration in the UK.

The world might be reeling from recession but it seems as if companies are innovating ­ – or at least patenting – their way out of it. Filings at the EPO were up 5.7% last year, with China recording growth of 11.3%

Eileen McDermott, New York

? Brussels: European industry reacted angrily at the failure by European ministers to agree on a judicial format for the proposed community patent, claiming that companies may instead choose to work on improving the existing patent framework.

The 2019 edition of Managing IP’s Rising Stars list features more than 30 jurisdictions

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