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Protecting trade marks in non-Roman script

Legal relations concerning the protection of word trade marks in non-Roman script are regulated in Ukraine mainly by the Law "On the Protection of Rights to Marks for Goods and Services" (the Law) and the "Rules on Compiling, Filing and Examining an Application for Grant of a Certificate of Ukraine on a Mark for Goods and Services" (the Rules).

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Comment-The WTO’s millennium bug

It will come as no surprise to rights owners to hear that Venezuela’s government has asked for an extension to the January 1 2000 TRIPs deadline. Since TRIPs was negotiated in 1992, it has become increasingly obvious that many developing countries lack either the will or the means to fulfil completely their obligations and implement new legislation.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Protecting geographical indications

A geographical indication may be protected by registering it at the State Office for Inventions and Trade Marks, as per the Law no 84/1998 or as per the international conventions to which Romania is a part, only if there exists a close connection between the goods referred to and by the geographical indication and the place of origin thereof with regard to quality, reputation or other characteristics of the goods.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

New law to govern information society

On July 28, Royal Decree no 1289, of July 23, creating the Information Society and Inter-ministerial New Technologies Commission entered into force in Spain.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

New Designs Act comes into force

The Industrial Designs Act 1996 of Malaysia (IDA) was passed in September 1996 and is expected to come into force on September 1 1999. The IDA will introduce an independent regime for the protection of industrial designs in Malaysia repealing existing legislation which allows for the automatic protection of industrial designs obtained in the UK under the UK Designs Act 1949.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Slogans and trade marks

Adopting marks consisting of a slogan is becoming more frequent every day. These types of trade mark which we call slogan-marks are admissible in Italy on the condition that they possess the requisites provided for by the Italian Trade Mark Law for registration (a trade mark has to b distinctive and not deceptive, etc).

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

A new era in the EU

Frits Bolkestein, the new European commissioner in charge of intellectual property, is in for a bumpy ride. With controversial issues piling up in his in-tray, and close attention from the European parliament and industry guaranteed, he has a lot to prove. Ralph Cunningham reports

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

IP collateral: an emerging financing tool

IP managers are always looking for new means of financing. Carmen R Eggleston and Susan Barbieri Montgomery say collateralization can be an attractive option, especially if managers have made their IP more attractive to lenders

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

Universities win right to claim inventors’ IP

As the clock winds down for 1999, researchers in Denmark have to hurry if they want to keep their IP rights for their inventions. The Danish parliament passed a new act on May 25 1999 with effect from July 1 1999. This act applies to inventions made after January 1 2000, and gives an employer (the institution or university) the option to claim the IP rights for an invention made by an employee (the researcher).

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

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