Ladas & Parry August 1999 Information Newsletter

Newsletters and Bulletins / August 1999

CONTENTS

(Terms noted in parentheses)

Austria

Revision of Patent and Utility Model Laws

Berne Convention

Berne Convention - Membership

Brazil

Effects of TRIPS on Patent Term

European Patent Office (EPO)

Practice in Computer Related Inventions

Fee Changes

Rule Changes for Biotechnology Inventions

Permissible Amendments in Patent Applications

European Union (EU)

Trademark OILGEAR (Stylized) Accepted for Registration

Trademark TELEBINGO Rejected on Ground of Descriptiveness

Treaty of Amsterdam Comes into Effect

Extension of Anti-Counterfeiting Regulation to Patents

Trademark Cases before the European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance

Rental Rights for Copyright Works

Effect of Extension of Copyright Term on Pre-existing Rights

Hague Agreement

Hague Agreement on Industrial Designs

India

Protection for Pharmaceutical Inventions

Internet

Domain Names - Recent Developments and Views

Israel

Disney Prevented from Enjoining Parallel Imports

New Unfair Competition Law

Supreme Court Upholds Famous Trademark (BACARDI) for Unrelated Goods

Italy

New Plant Variety Law

Japan

Enforcement of Unfair Competition Prevention Act

Experimental Use Exception to Patent Infringement

Revision of Patent Law

Damages in Patent Infringement Actions

Korea (South)

Revision of Patent and Utility Model Laws

Patent Court Upholds Cancellation Action Based on Trademark Neither Famous Nor Registered in Korea

Lesotho

Joins the Banjul Protocol on Marks

Madrid Protocol

Membership

Malaysia

New Design Law (September 1, 1999)

Misappropriation of Confidential Information

Mozambique

New Industrial Property Code

Nauru

Trademark Applications Accepted

New Plant Varieties Convention

New Plant Variety Convention Revision - Accession

New Zealand

Patent Protection for Medical Uses

O.A.P.I.

Extension of Intellectual Property Rights to Guinea-Bissau, Guinea and Mali (June 4, 2000)

Palestinian National Authority

New Labelling Requirements

Paraguay

New Trademark Law

Paris Convention

New Members

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

New Members

Peru

Recordal of Trademark License Agreements

San Marino

New Industrial Property Laws

Spain

Trademark Law Treaty Implementation

Taiwan

Trademark Law Amended

Submission of Experimental Data on Appeal in Patent Cases

Priority Claims for Trademarks, Service Marks and Collective Marks

Thailand

Patent Law Amendments

Tonga

New Industrial Property Act

United Kingdom

Changes in Civil Procedure

Changes in Design Registry Practice

The Competition Act 1998

Amendment of European Patents in English Proceedings

Change in Practice for Computer-Related Inventions

ELVIS PRESLEY Trademarks - Successful Opposition Upheld by Court of Appeal

Unregistered Design Right

Changes in Hallmarking Act

United States

States' Rights vis-a-vis Third Party Intellectual Property Rights

New Customs Rule for Gray Market Goods to Protect Trademark Owners

Standard of Review by Federal Circuit of Factual Determinations by Patent and Trademark Office

Protection of Boat Hull Designs

Patentability of Computer-Related Inventions

Failure to Conduct a Trademark Search Insufficient to Support Willful Infringement Finding

Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act - Proposed Changes in Prosecution Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Circuit Court Holds That FTC Franchise Rule Does Not Have Extraterritorial Application

Franchisors Required to Make Y2K Disclosure

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