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Bad news for WhatsApp as Norwegian Board of Appeal refuses to register logo
By AWA | Posted on November 23, 2020
With a reported total of more than 500 million users globally, many of us will have used or at least heard of WhatsApp. In a recent decision dated 24 September 2020, the Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights ruled against WhatsApp in its appeal against an earlier decision of the Norwegian Industrial Property Office...
The Busines of IP – Understanding and Creating Value: Part 1 – Venture Capital
By Anders Isaksson | Posted on November 18, 2020
In this six-part series, Anders Isaksson explores some of the key factors and motivators for why companies small or large should obtain intellectual property. The aim is to help you understand when and how you can create value from IP, especially when considering the long and short-term goals of a company. Whether you are a...
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Tags: due dilligence, Intellectual Property, investors, IP, venture capital
How the amended Norwegian Trade Marks Act will affect applicants and owners
By AWA | Posted on October 30, 2020
The upcoming amendments to the Norwegian Trade Marks Act align law and practice with the EEA, but also provides opportunities for trademark owners and applicants in terms of enhanced registration and protection scope as well as considerations for alternate filing strategies The European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Committee decided on February 7, 2020, to implement...
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Tags: EEA, NIPO, Norway, Trademark Directive (EU 2015/2436), trademarks
China issues Opinions on destroying infringing and counterfeit goods
By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on October 15, 2020
On August 13, 2020, nine of China’s authorities including the Supreme People’s Court and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly released the Opinions on Strengthening the Destruction of Infringing and Counterfeit Goods (Opinions). The nine authorities involved are: National Leading Group for Combating Infringement and Counterfeiting, Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China,...
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Tags: china, counterfeit, destruction, Infringement, trademarks
CNIPA publishes trademark infringement criteria
By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on October 15, 2020
To help strengthen and guide trademark law enforcement, provide uniform criteria for law enforcement, strengthen the protection of exclusive rights to use trademarks and create a good business environment, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has enacted the Criteria for Judging Trademark Infringement (Criteria), which went into effect on June 15, 2020. The Criteria...
Nobel prize awarded to Crispr-patent tussle party Charpentier and Doudna
By Joanna Applequist | Posted on October 7, 2020
The Nobel committee has announced that this year’s prize in Chemistry is awarded to Doudna and Charpentier for their groundbreaking research leading to the development of the Crispr-Cas 9 technology, often referred to as the gene scissors. The Crispr-Cas 9 technology was first published as a scientific paper in 2012 by Doudna and Charpentier. This...
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Tags: Broad Institute, Crispr-Cas 9, Nobel, Patent, UC Berkley
EU requires manufacturers to disclose scientific documents during risk assessment for food chain production
By Eric Van Malderen | Posted on September 30, 2020
The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) is in charge of the registration into the European Union of novel foods and feeds, food and feed additives, food and feed contact materials, GMO’s, plant protection products, food and feed enzymes as well as food and feed flavourings. To increase the legitimacy and credibility of their opinions, food...
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Tags: EFSA, EU, European Union, Food, Manufacturing, patents, trade secrets
Boost for brand owners as Denmark introduces Product and Market Surveillance Law
By AWA | Posted on August 21, 2020
On 4 June 2020 the Danish Parliament passed the Product and Market Surveillance Law, which concerns product safety and provides increased powers to the authorities to take action against online retailers such as Amazon, Wish and AliExpress in a move that can be seen as a boost for brand owners. Denmark’s latest legislation supplements Regulation 2019/1020 on...
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Tags: brands, Denmark, market surveillance, online, products, Trademark
China Patent Law Update: Second Reading of Draft Amendments
By AWA | Posted on August 11, 2020
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress released the second reading of the draft amendments to the PRC Patent Law in July, with comments on the draft due by August 16, 2020. Compared to the previous draft amendments in 2019, the most significant change reinstates partial design protection. This was suggested in an earlier...
Amendments to Hong Kong’s Trade Marks Ordinance paves the way for Madrid Protocol
By AWA | Posted on July 7, 2020
The Trade Marks (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 was gazetted on June 19, 2020. While the Amendment does not introduce any substantive changes to the underlying Hong Kong trademark laws, it does provide a basis in Hong Kong Law for the application of the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid...
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Tags: Hong Kong, Intellectual Property, IP, Madrid Protocol, trademarks, WIPO
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