Ladas & Parry March 1999 Information Letter

Newsletters and Bulletins / March 1999

Ladas & Parry March 1999 Information Newsletter

CONTENTS

(Terms noted in parentheses)

Australia

Patent Extension for Pharmaceutical Patents

Patents for Medical Treatments

Austria

Protection of Domain Names as Distinctive Signs Recognized by Supreme Court

Use of Well-Known Mark on Dissimilar Goods Held to be Unfair Competition by Supreme Court

Belgium

Interaction of Copyright Law and EU's Free Flow of Goods Doctrine

Botswana

Joins Paris Convention

Brazil

New Copyright and Software Laws

Cambodia

Joins Paris Convention

Canada

Patentability of Animals

Colombia

To Join PCT

Croatia

Joins PCT

Cyprus

Cyprus - Joins European Patent Convention and PCT and Enacts New Patent Law

Denmark

Protection for Well-known Trademark Upheld

Ecuador

New Intellectual Property Law

Estonia

New Design Law

European Patent Office (EPO)

Appeal Procedure

Possible Revision of European Patent Convention

Translation Costs

European Union (EU)

Cross Border Injunctions in Patent Matters

Directive on Comparative Advertising

Directive on Patents for Biotechnology

Directive for Harmonizing Design Laws

Draft Directive for Utility Model Protection

European Court of Justice Ruling on Likelihood of Association Between Two Trademarks

International Exhaustion of Trademark Rights

Germany

Amendments to Patent and Utility Model Laws

Digitization of Newspaper Articles

Grenada

Joins Paris Convention and PCT

Guatemala

Joins Paris Convention

Guinea-Bissau

Joins O.A.P.I.

Gulf Cooperation Council

New Patent Law

Iceland

New Trademark Act

India

High Court Holds Domain Name Similar to Trademark

GATT-TRIPS Implementation

Joins Paris Convention and PCT

Israel

Patent Law Amendments

Jamaica

Reclassification of Trademarks Registered Prior to 1958

Japan

Amendment of Design Law

Application of Doctrine of Equivalents for Interpreting Patent Claims

Jordan

Protection of Famous Trademark Upheld

Kazakhstan

New Criminal Code

Korea (South)

New Plant Variety Protection Law

Patentability of Computer Software

Kyrgyzstan

New Trademark Law

Laos

Joins Paris Convention

Latvia

New Unfair Competition Law

Liechtenstein

New Trademark Act (April 1, 1999)

Madrid Protocol

Membership

Mexico

Protection of Designs for Integrated Circuits

Mozambique

Joins Paris Convention

Netherlands

Effect of Unauthorized Publication on Novelty of Subsequent Patent Application

Use of Domain Name Adjudged Trademark Infringement

New Plant Varieties Convention

1991 Revision Comes into Effect

New Zealand

Parallel Imports Now Permissible under Copyright Law

Panama

Intellectual Property Enforcement in Duty-Free Zone

Paraguay

New Trademark Law

Peru

New Legal Deposit Law

Romania

New Trademark Law

Russia

New Customs Regulations to Protect Trademarks and Copyrights

Supreme Patent Chamber Established

St. Helena

Service Mark Protection and Multi-Class Filings Permitted by Registrar

Sao Tome And Principe

Joins Paris Convention

Singapore

Local Prior Use Sufficient to Estop Design Protection

New Trade Marks Act (July 15, 1999)

South Africa

Intellectual Property Laws Rationalisation Act

Joins PCT

New Counterfeit Goods Act

Sudan

Imposition of United States Sanctions

Taiwan

Service Mark Registration Available for Retail Services

Tonga

New Intellectual Property Law

Trademark Law Treaty

Membership

Trinidad and Tobago

New Trademark Law

Turkey

Grant of Patents for Pharmaceuticals

United Arab Emirates

Joins PCT

United Kingdom

Court of Appeals Holds Registration of Domain Names Can Amount to Passing Off and Trademark Infringement

Implementation of EU Directive on Protection of Databases

United States

Amendments to Copyright Law

Bar to Grant of Patents for Inventions Previously "On Sale"

Biological Sequence Listings

Certain Franchisors Exempted from Registration and Disclosure Requirements

Definition of "Franchise" Appears to be Broadened by California Court of Appeal

Joint Inventorship and Joint Ownership of Patent Rights

Patent Misuse

Patentability of Business Methods

Scope of Patent Protection Following Warner-Jenkinson

Written Description Requirement

Uruguay

New Trademark Act

Yugoslavia

Imposition of United States Sanctions

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