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Exhaustion of copyright

31/01/2014 The principle of exhaustion is an established international legal doctrine. It provides that a copyright owner’s right to control copies of their…

Old drugs, new tricks: patent considerations in drug repurposing

28/01/2015 The drug discovery and development path for a New Chemical Entity (NCE) can take 10 to 15 years and cost 1 to 2 billion dollars. Repurposing is the…

Do ‘class headings’ cover everything in a class?

07/02/2013 When filing a trade mark application, an applicant must state the goods or services that the trade mark is to cover, so clearly defining the scope of…

Issues for TM owners - new gTLDs

31/01/2014 The core group of generic top-level domain names (gTLDs) such as .com, .info, .net and .org is set to expand significantly over the next few years…

When is a doughnut not a doughnut? When it’s in Spain (apparently)

07/02/2013 This decision by the General Court highlights a problem that can arise when CTMs and national trade mark rights interact.

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