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A Favourite in Trademark Law: Repackaging – now gassy

Danish courts are traditionally reluctant to ask preliminary questions on the interpretation of EU-legislation. Recently, the Supreme Court has done so,

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The EPO starts cooperation with Google to provide machine translation of patents

The EPO starts cooperation with Google to provide machine translation of patents On 24 March, the EPO and Google

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Most comprehensive patent reform in almost 60 years approved by US senate

Most comprehensive patent reform in almost 60 years approved by US senate Historic breakthrough as USA gets to grips

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A brighter future for the EU patent

A brighter future for the EU patent 11 EU member states have decided to move towards an EU patent

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Supplementary protection certificates for plant protection products

11 November 2010 the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a preliminary ruling in the case C-229/09

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The USPTO decides to abolish the US patent classification system

The USPTO decides to abolish the US patent classification system   A very important development of the IP5 initiative

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EU survey now open for participation

EU survey now open for participation Every two years the European Commission conducts a survey in order to identify

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China to drive on to the Patent Prosecution Highway

According to a USPTO press release, the intellectual property offices of China (SIPO) and USA (USPTO) have signed a

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Software piracy in China declining

survey released by the State IP Office reveals that the percentage of pirated software installed on Chinese computers decreases

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IP in China? It’s not all bad

Recent statistics on the outcomes of reported IP litigations in the most important courts in China are encouraging: The

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