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Newsletters and Bulletins / May 2006

Ladas & Parry May 2006 Information Newsletter

CONTENTS


Australia
Patent Revoked for Failing to Benefit Economy or Whole Society
Bahrain
Joins Madrid Protocol
Adopts 8th Edition of International Classification
Bern Convention
New Member Countries
Canada
Patent Protection for Genes
Patentability of Isomers
Scope of Patent Claim
The Patent Sound Prediction Doctrine
China (PRC)
Domain Name Registration Developments
Domain Names
Revised Supplemental Rules Prevent Single Filing Against Multiple Registrants
Country-Code Top-Level Domain Name Registration Developments
.EU Top Level Domain Becomes Available for Registration by Businesses
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
European Patent Office (EPO)
Exhaustion of Priority Right
Evidence of Prior Use in Opposition Cases
Patentability of Animals
European Union (EU)
.EU Top Level Domain Becomes Available for Registration by Businesses
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
European Court of Justice (ECJ): Registration of marks for Retail Trade Services
Proposals for Unification of Patent Law
Withdrawal of Proposed Directive for Harmonization of the Law on Utility Models
Demise of the Directive on Computer-Related Inventions
Directive on Enforcement of IP Rights
Novelty & Individual Character Requirements for European Designs
Copyright in Shoes
Germany
Changes in Approach to Damage Awards in Patent Litigation
Hungary
Domain Name Registration Developments
India
Changes in Patent Law
Italy
New IP Code
Korea (South)
Case Law on Employee Invention Compensation
Mexico
Changes in Franchising Law
Recordal of Well-Known Marks
Morocco
Free Trade Agreement
Netherlands
Protection of Perfume Composition by Copyright
Paris Convention
New Members
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
New Members
Peru
Free Trade Agreement
Portugal
Domain Name Registration Developments
Singapore
Patent Infringement
Slovenia
Domain Name Registration Developments
Spain
Domain Name Registration Developments
Taiwan
Domain Name Registration Developments
Thailand
Recordal of Well-Known Marks
Ukraine
Recordal of Well-Known Marks
United Kingdom
Patent Law Amendments
Revival of the Patents County Court
United States
Review of WhenU Pop-Up Case Refused by Supreme Court
MetLife Enjoins Use of METBANK Logo
The Supreme Court Clarifies the Burden of the Fair Use Defense; Ninth Circuit Demonstrates the Force of Trademark Registration Incontestability
Inequitable Conduct: Purdue Pharma v. Endo
Ninth Circuit Sets Test for U.S. Priority for Well Known Foreign Marks
Federal Circuit Remains Split on Written-Description Requirements (Published on-line in January 2006)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. (Published on-line in July 2005)
Written Description and Utility Requirements
Claim Construction
The Territorial Scope of Patent Protection
United States - New York High Court Expands Copyright Protection for Recordings
Vietnam
New Franchising Law
Well Known Marks
Recordal of Well-Known Marks in Mexico, Thailand and the Ukraine
WIPO
PCT Changes adopted
Patent Law Treaty Goes Into Effect
WTO
WTO - The Doha Round
WTO - Agreement on Export of Patented Drugs under Compulsory License

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