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China - January 4 2013
With effect from 1 January 2013, China allows registration of trademarks in respect of retail and wholesale services for pharmaceutical, veterinary and…
Asia-Pacific, Thailand, USA - December 6 2012
The use of unauthorised software in business is illegal and is likely to attract both civil and criminal liabilities in Hong Kong.
Global - June 13 2012
On June 13, 2012, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published a list of all applications filed for new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs).
China - April 25 2012
Following the new PRC Patent Law and the PRC Patent Implementation Rules which came into effect on 1 October 2009 and 1 February 2010 respectively, the PRC State Intellectual Property Office recently released the “Measures for Patent Label Marking” (“New Patent Marking Rules”) which will supersede the old rules - “Measures for Patent Mark and Patent Number Marking” (“Old Rules”) and become effective on 1 May 2012.
Global - March 20 2012
In our earlier legal update titled "Protecting Your Brand Over the Internet - An Update About Domain Name Protection and Related Developments" dated 21 September 2011, we advised that the application period for the new generic top-level domain names ("new gTLDs") will close by 12 April 2012.
