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JIPLP Express
A rapid-read overview of the main items in this issue
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Patents
Ever broader border controls? There has been substantial political fallout from the recent in-transit detention of generic medicines by the Dutch customs authorities on suspicion of an infringement of patent rights under Council Regulation 1383/2003. (p. 455)
Paediatric extensions: the requirement of a compliance statement. Taking a narrow interpretation of what is meant by a statement indicating compliance with an agreed completed paediatric investigation plan (PIP), the UK Intellectual Property Office has held that a valid application for a paediatric extension must include an authorization containing such a statement and that therefore a positive opinion of the Paediatric Committee of the EMEA, as such, is not suitable as a means to meet this requirement. (p. 457)
House of Lords addresses Biogen insufficiency. Simple patent product claims are not caught by the principles of Biogen insufficiency, but the precise scope of those principles is left unclear. (p. 459)
Trade marks
Intellectual Property
Copyright
Unfair competition
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Parody as fair dealing in Canada: a guide for lawyers and judges (p. 468)
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IP and joint ventures: protection of IP on exit (p. 473)
Microbicide development: an argument for broadening the experimental use exception (p. 485)
The shape of the Lego brick is free for all to use (p. 499)
The characteristics of technical character and the ongoing saga in the EPO and the English courts (p. 506)