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Italian provisions are incompatible with Community law inasmuch as they exclude from copyright protection designs that were in the public domain before 19 April 2001...
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In its first decision requiring interpretation of EC Directive 98/44 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions, the Court of Justice of the European Uni...
28 June 2010
EUROPEAN PATENT UPDATEThe European Patent Office ranks first in a survey that compares the quality of patents granted by the EPO and by the national offices of Japan...
24 June 2010
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY COURTS - CASE LAW In its first decision concerning an abusive .eu domain name registration the Court of Justice of the European Union indicates th...
28 May 2010
EUROPEAN PATENT - DECISIONS Decision G 3/08 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office has ruled inadmissible the questions submitted over a year ...
18 May 2010
COMMUNITY DESIGN - CASE LAW The General Court annuls the decision of OHIM’s Board of appeal on a conflict between a Community design and Stabilo’s trademark, and...
22 April 2010
COMMUNITY COURTS - CASE LAW Google cannot be held liable for trademark infringement if advertisers using Google’s Adword system use keywords that are identical to ...
08 April 2010
COMMUNITY DESIGN - CASE LAW In its first decision concerning Community designs, the European Union’s General Court annuls the decision of OHIM’s Board of Appeal,...
30 March 2010
EUROPEAN PATENT UPDATE Applicants should be aware in particular that the time allowed for responses to reports and for providing additional information will be consi...
05 March 2010
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY COURTS - CASE LAW Advocate General Trstenjak of the Court of Justice of the European Union takes the view that all relevant factors and circumstan...
