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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...

Tags: EEA, NIPO, Norway, Trademark Directive (EU 2015/2436), trademarks

Counterfeit pharmaceuticals case settled without main hearing

By AWA | Posted on June 1, 2011

In April 2010 Eli Lilly and Company (“Lilly”), the manufacturer of the erectile dysfunction pharmaceutical Cialis, was informed that the Swedish customs had ceased a consignment of products marked and/or shaped in such a way that it was suspected to infringe the intellectual property rights of Lilly. The consignment was addressed to an individual, herein...

Tags: EEA, Infringement, Pharmaceuticals

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