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Are trademarks protected on the Internet?

That’s a question I am often asked by my clients. Every time new top domains are launched many clients

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Recent Trends in Chinese IP enforcement

As has previously been mentioned on this blog, Schneider Electric Low Voltage (Tianjin) Co. Ltd., a joint venture of

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Recommended reading: The Patenting Paradox

Recommended reading: The Patenting Paradox The number of filed applications breaks the record almost every year and seems to

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What are the consequences of the decision from the Federal Circuit on the new USPTO regulations?

In August 2007 the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a rules package intended to limit the

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2 years to file EPC divisionals

The European Patent Office has decided to restrict the possibility for filing divisional applications. Under the current Rule 36

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New patent law in China

As mentioned on this IP blog on 30 October 2008, a new Chinese patent law has been anticipated for

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New EPO fees from 1 April 2009

On 1 April the EPO will introduce a new fee structure. In recent years the EPO has noticed a

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EPO’s fight against divisional applications

EPO is seeking to limit the submission of divisional applications, which would be a severe blow to small, newly

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Swedish Court of Patent Appeals remits cases to the Swedish Patent Office for further prosecution

Background OMX Technology AB, who i.a. owns and runs the Stockholm Stock Exchange, filed Swedish patent application 0201756-4 on

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Federal Circuit revises its decision in the “Comiskey case”

On January 13, 2009 the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) published an amended decision

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