Amendments to the Estonian Trademark Act
01 Apr 2019
This year will bring significant changes in the field of Estonian trademark protection. The Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) passed The Act on Amendments to the...
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Current Developments in Venezuela
27 Feb 2019
On Friday 1 February 2019, a year after announcing fee changes, the Venezuelan PTO (SAPI) finally published their new schedule of charges. Payment of...
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CNIPA - Bad Faith Trademark Filings in China
26 Feb 2019
On 12 February 2019, CNIPA (previously SIPO, China) published a draft regulation, Some Provisions on Regulating the Application for Registration of Trademarks, inviting public...
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CNIPA Re-structures its Patent Office and Trademark Office
26 Feb 2019
On 14 February 2019, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA, previously SIPO) announced its reconstruction...
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Punitive Damages System in Korea
18 Feb 2019
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) announced on 18 December 2018 that a few amendments to the "Patent Act" and "Unfair Competition Prevention and...
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US Supreme Court Affirms in Helsinn v. Teva On-Sale Bar Case
05 Feb 2019
On 22 January 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its opinion, authored by Justice Thomas, in Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva...
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