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People, Laws and Courts

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 1999
Dividing patents in oppositions

European patents cannot be divided after grant. By contrast, national German patents can be divided during opposition and opposition appeal proceedings (Section 60 of the German Patent Act). The German Federal Court of Justice has considered the dividing of granted patents in a series of recent decisions and taken the following position.

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 1999
Legal services

Merger set to create world’s biggest IP firm

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 1999
More opportunities in Georgia

Georgia is an independent state which gained independence after the disintegration of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the decade. Prior to independence, all patent matters were dealt with centrally from Moscow which inevitably affected the potential of local patent experts.

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 1999
Regulating electronic signatures

New legislation governing the use of electronic signatures came into force in Spain in the form of Royal Decree Law 14/1999, on September 18 1999.

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 1999
Pharma Patents

Brazilian reform provokes alarm

Managing IP Correspondent, February 01 2000
Germany goes colour blind

The German Federal Supreme Court has broken through the blockade of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office dismissing applications for abstract colours and colour combinations. Wolfgang von Meibom and Christian Harmsen look at the background and consequences of its landmark decision

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999
International exhaustion and public health

As parallel importers put pressure on European governments to relax rules on the grey market, Tony Willoughby argues that international exhaustion will inevitably lead to the spread of counterfeit drugs

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999
Provisional protection of EPO applications

According to the agreement between the Romanian government and the EPO, extensions of the European patent application to Romania can be requested for all European patent applications filed on or after October 15 1996. The extension is also available for European patent applications derived from an international application provided that both Romania and EP are designated, and the international filing date is on or after October 15 1996.

Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 1999
Threatening behaviour

The English law of threats enables a defendant to turn the tables on his attacker. But is it working? In the light of new litigation rules and the spread of domain name conflicts, Mark Elmslie calls for reform

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

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