The counterfeit medicines and illicit pharmaceutical businessis a significant threat to public health and safety In Europe. In response, the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Right, part of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), and Europol are co-hosting a major conference from 26 to 28 June 2013 in Alicante, Spain. […]
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The counterfeit medicines and illicit pharmaceutical businessis a significant threat to public health and safety In Europe. In response, the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Right, part of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), and Europol are co-hosting a major conference from 26 to 28 June 2013 in Alicante, Spain. […]
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Dear Readers, Colleagues and Friends, Recently we opened a new page in the Network of ip4all.com – the one of Lithuania. You may visit it at: http://iplithuania.ip4all.com/ We’ll welcome your cooperation in order to promote the page and give our readers a wide range of news in the field of intellectual property. We are going […]
I.INTRODUCTION On January 14, 2013, Public Law 112-274 titled “Leahy-smith America Invents Technical Corrections” became law. This law contains changes to Patent Term Adjustment (PTA). On April 1, 2013, the USPTO promulgated interim final rules corresponding to the statutory changes to PTA. See “Revisions to Patent Term Adjustment,” 78 FR 19416 (2013). This article identifies […]
CASABLANCA – Due to speedy developments in the field of Intellectual Property in Morocco, the House of Representatives in Morocco’s Parliament has recently voted on some important international conventions related to Intellectual Property, Information and Communication Technology and Genetics. Joining this kind of conventions is expected to benefit the Moroccan market and economy. These conventions […]
An Observation of The Main Part of The Logos (No. 48/ 2012 of the IP Court) (The trademark in dispute) vs. (The trademarks cited as the bases in the Invalidation) The complainant filed the trademark in dispute designating the goods of dolls and toys and being allowed for registration (Reg. No.1313000) by the TIPO (the […]
Committee on Legal Affairs plans to increase the number of judges at the General Court by 12 to ease the growing workload of the EU Court of Justice was backed on Thursday by the Committee for Legal Affairs. In addition, the committee proposes that the additional judges should be selected based on merits instead of […]
Progress of applications for customs action lodged by intellectual property rights owners: Year 2011 2012 Total number of applications 758 881 Number of national applications 221 244 Raising awareness among IP rights holders on the important role of customs authorities in countering the traffic with counterfeit goods led to increased numbers of applications for customs […]
On June 17, 2013 OHIM announced that the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic became the latest part of the Common Harmonized Database on Classification of Goods and Services. This is a result of the expansion in the Harmonization Project for Goods and Services. The complete Czech translations of the Common Harmonized Database is […]
On June 17, 2013 OHIM announced that the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic became the latest part of the Common Harmonized Database on Classification of Goods and Services. This is a result of the expansion in the Harmonization Project for Goods and Services. The complete Czech translations of the Common Harmonized Database is […]
Before filing your trademark in Pakistan it is important that you evaluate possible obstacles that may arise during registration process. The trademark search identifies list of similar trademarks (graphic/phonetic) found in the official Pakistan Trademark Database that may conflict with yours, but also give you an opinion about registration possibilities. This trademark search report is […]
Dear Readers, Colleagues and Friends, Recently the Network of ip4all.com was expanded. We opened a new page – the one of Pakistan. You may visit it at: http://ippakistan.ip4all.com/ We’ll welcome your cooperation in order to promote the page and give our readers a wide range of news in the field of intellectual property. We are […]
I. INTRODUCTION On January 14, 2013, Public Law 112-274 titled “Leahy-smith America Invents Technical Corrections” became law. On March 25, 2013, the USPTO promulgated final rules corresponding to the statutory changes to Inter Partes Review (IPR) law, in Public Law 112-274. See “Changes To Implement the Technical Corrections to the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act as […]
The trademark ZEBEXIR was applied for goods in class 03 which were identical to the goods of class 03 of an earlier Community Trademark Registration ZEBINIX. The Court of the European Union confirmed in the affirmative that there was a visual similarity as the average consumer attaches more importance to the first part of a […]
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that human genes cannot be patented. This decision, relating to Myriad’s patents for the Brca1 and Brca2 gene sequences that are indicative of a likelihood of breast cancer, may have immediate benefits for some breast and ovarian cancer patients. However, it is likely to have long-lasting repercussions […]
Brussels, 11 June 2013 I welcome today’s vote from the European Parliament on the new Regulation on the customs enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Innovation and creativity are the engines of our economy. It is important to give inventors the certainty that the fruits of their creations will be protected. Customs’ unique position at […]
