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JIPLP Express
A rapid-read overview of the main items in this issue
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Patents
Irish ‘Lipitor’ litigation: High Court favours broad claim construction. In its first significant judgment on claim construction in over 25 years, Ireland's High Court approved the principles laid down by the English House of Lords in Kirin-Amgen, holding that Warner-Lambert's ‘Lipitor’ patent is not limited to a racemic mixture and refusing Ranbaxy a declaration of non-infringement.
Trade marks
Cancellation of a trade mark based on a prior foreign geographical indication related to different products. The registration and the use of a composite trade mark including a famous geographical indication (GI), for products different to those covered by the GI, are acts of unfair competition insofar as they allow the trade mark owner to free-ride on the
Copyright
Publicity rights
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An overview of the judicial protection of patents in China
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Articles |
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South Korea and indirect reliance on IP law: real money trading in MMORPG items
Non-traditional trademarks: a Singapore perspective
The recognition and protection of well-known trade marks in Indonesia
Sino-US intellectual property dispute: a new chapter in WTO history
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