Trademark registration in Tanzania. Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. Tanzania is mountainous and densely forested in the northeast, where Mount Kilimanjaro is located. Three of Africa’s Great Lakes are partly within Tanzania. In 2020, the World Bank declared the rise of […]
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During the COVID-19 period, information sharing methods contributed to a growing bank of the prior art and increased the threat of self-disclosure for individuals seeking patent protection for their inventions. In most countries, novelty and inventive step (non-obviousness) is required for patentability, and they are considered against a background of prior public information disclosed everywhere […]
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On November 4, an Indonesian delegation from the Law and Human Rights Ministry’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DJKI) and the National Police conducted a benchmarking process with the United States National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) in Virginia, USA. Matthew Allen, assistant director of Homeland Security Investigations’ Global Trade Investigations Division and […]
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To protect “AI-devised ideas,” a new type of intellectual property (IP) right could be introduced into UK law. Following the publication of the government’s national AI plan in September, UK policymakers are evaluating a number of measures to guarantee UK IP legislation “strikes the necessary balance to stimulate the development of AI and its usage […]
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Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies are increasingly being used by businesses to conduct predictive consumer analysis, solve apparel fit issues, and generate virtual and physical designs. However, these innovations must be used in a way that does not infringe on third-party intellectual property rights. Artificial intelligence, in its broadest sense, is the use of […]
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Trademark registration in Slovakia. Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Slovakia is a developed country with an advanced high-income economy, ranking very high in the Human Development Index. It also performs favorably in measurements of civil liberties, press freedom, internet freedom, democratic governance, and peacefulness. The country maintains a […]
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Trademark registration in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. Saudi Arabia is considered both a regional and middle power. The Saudi economy is the largest in the Middle East and eighteenth-largest in the world. Saudi Arabia also has one of the world’s youngest populations. […]
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One of the most crucial steps in the development of a brand is trademark registration. A registered trademark grants its owner the exclusive right to use a particular sign in connection with the products and services for which it was registered. The trademark owner’s monopoly over the brand gives them a competitive advantage as well […]
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Germany has some of the world’s most valuable brands, as well as a significant international market for brand owners from a variety of nations. Trademark in Germany provides certain significant benefits to brand owners: The country’s intellectual property (IP) enforcement regime is among the most robust and efficient in Europe Trademark enforcement proceedings, in particular, […]
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Trademark registration in Rwanda. Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley. The economy of Rwanda is based mostly on subsistence agriculture. Coffee and tea are the major cash crops for export. Tourism is a fast-growing sector and is now the country’s leading foreign exchange earner. Rwanda is […]
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Israel is a signatory to the TRIPS Agreement and a member of the Bern Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the Universal Copyright Convention. As a result, in compliance with the rules of these accords, Israeli copyright law protects foreign works. Israel is likewise a signatory to the WIPO Copyright Convention […]
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Trademark registration in Saint Lucia. Saint Lucia is an island country in the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. An educated workforce and improvements in roads, communications, water supply, sewerage, and port facilities have attracted foreign investment in tourism and in petroleum storage and transshipment in this […]
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Trademark registration in San Marino. San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino, also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, is a small country in Southern Europe enclaved by Italy. San Marino is a developed country. San Marino’s per capita GDP and standard of living are comparable to that of Italy. Key […]
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Trademark registration in Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia). Most of the people of Papua […]
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Business owners beware: Do you own or have the right to utilize the key intellectual property of your company? Every company considers some form of intellectual property (“IP”) to be valuable. A trademark (for example, a logo, business name, or product name), copyright (for example, software code, an instruction manual, or website content), or a […]
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Trademark registration in Portugal. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe. Portugal has left a profound cultural, architectural and linguistic influence across the globe, with a legacy of around 250 million Portuguese speakers, and many Portuguese-based creoles. It is a developed country with […]
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The right derived from a European patent including an Employee’s innovation is governed by Article 60 EPC. Also, the German OLG Frankfurt has held that this applies as a standard for the vindication of a European bundle patent, i.e. for claiming the transfer of fraudulently filed European patent rights. Furthermore, an upper signature rather than […]
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Trademark registration in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico, officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Caribbean island and unincorporated territory of the United States. The economy of Puerto Rico is classified as a high-income economy by the World Bank and as the most competitive economy in Latin America by the World Economic Forum. It is […]
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Damages in IP Infringement Litigation in China Are Continuing to Increase
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If you were an IP rights holder in the early 2000s, you could expect damages from an infringement lawsuit to be around $20,000 on average. The situation arose due to a number of factors, including insufficient evidence collection methods, a lack of experience handling IP infringement cases, and the depth and breadth of the IP […]
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The Court of Justice of the European Union recently decided on a sound mark in one of the first cases after the amendment of trademark law. According to the European Court of Justice, the sound mark “tin plop” lacks a distinctive character. The sound of “tin plop” while opening a beverage can is typical. The […]
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Trademark registration in Romania. Romania is a country at the confluence of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Romania is a developing country, with a high-income economy, ranking 49th in the Human Development Index. It has the world’s 45th largest economy by nominal GDP. Romania experienced rapid economic growth in the early 2000s; its economy is […]
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Trademark registration in Qatar. Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. In the 21st century, Qatar emerged as a significant power in the Arab world through its resource-wealth, as well as its globally expanding media group. […]
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Many IP-related contracts now incorporate arbitration clauses, or parties may agree to arbitrate IP infringement cases. Before accepting to arbitrate, there are a few things to think about. They’ll have to be weighed against the parties’ expectations for any conflicts, as well as whether or not to engage in a submission agreement at all. Many […]
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Trademark registration in Russia. Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. Russia is a great power and is considered a potential superpower. It is ranked 52nd in the Human Development Index, with a universal healthcare system, and free university education. Russia’s economy is the world’s eleventh-largest by […]
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According to a new study by the European Patent Office (EPO), while the current European patent system has had a positive impact on the circulation of technologies in the EU single market through trade and foreign direct investment (FDI), the long-awaited Unitary Patent will remove many of the current patent system’s restrictions, which are sometimes […]