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  • In a series of four decisions rendered recently by the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH), the Court considered the extent to which the doctrine of equivalents applies to patent claims reciting numerical ranges: BGH GRUR 2002, 515 - Schneidmesser I (in English, Cutting Knife I); 519 - Schneidmesser II; 523 - Custodiol I; 527 - Custodiol II.
  • A UK court has upheld freedom of expression over privacy in the high profile case of supermodel Naomi Campbell, which interpreted the Data Protection Act for the first time.
  • James Hamilton, Philippe Signore and Christopher Ward explain why design patents are becoming more popular as a means of protection in the US
  • For all trade marks owners in the US, this will remove a competitive disadvantage
  • An action to revoke its patent on the drug Videx EC threatens to limit further Bristol-Myers Squibb's (BMS) rights to sell Aids medicines in Thailand. Three Aids patients and the Foundation for Consumers, a local group, claim that the US pharmaceutical company did not invent the drug and so should not be allowed to own the rights to it in Thailand. According to the plaintiffs, the drug is a product of collaboration between BMS and the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).
  • Following last year's Baby-Dry decision, trade mark attorneys in Europe have been exploring how to protect novel marks. The new Community Design gives them another tool. Ingrid Hering reports
  • A new law and the strict implementation of a plan to speed up litigation have seen Indonesia move closer towards international standards of trade mark protection and enforcement, claim Adolf Panggabean and Erna L Kusoy
  • In July 2000, the Korean Supreme Court handed down its first decision specifically stating the requirements for the doctrine of equivalents. Afterwards, many other relevant precedent cases have also been decided in a rather short period of time.
  • As European politicians consider fundamental reforms to patent protection, one of the key questions they have to address is how to make the system more efficient. In particular, some critics believe Europe needs to look to the US model to improve its effectiveness. In a special MIP debate, Koos Rasser argues that the European patent system as it exists today is substantially inferior to that of the US, while Simon Mounteney says that, though not perfect, Europe offers many benefits to applicants
  • Pharma company AstraZeneca has stopped three generics from launching rival versions of its multi-billion dollar drug Prilosec in the US. But a fourth generic company is free to manufacture its own version of the drug.