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AWA | Denmark | 28 May 2020
Danish outerwear brand Rains wins court battle against Zara
This case concerns whether three raincoats produced and marketed by Zara infringed on two raincoats from Rains, the Long Jacket and Parka Coat, under…
AWA | China, European Union, Japan, etc. | 20 May 2020
Clarifying the patentability of medical use inventions in China
At the end of 2019, the new Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) emerged and has infected millions of people worldwide and killed over a quarter of a million…
AWA | China | 20 May 2020
Punitive damages case appears in list of top 10 IP cases from China’s Supreme People’s Court
On April 21, 2020, China’s Supreme People’s Court released a list of the top 10 intellectual property law cases of 2019. The cases cover patent…
AWA | China | 20 May 2020
China becomes top international patent filer
China filed 58,990 applications through WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) System last year, ending the US’s stronghold on the top position since…
AWA | European Union | 18 May 2020
EPO rules plants and animals exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes not patentable
It has been clear that essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals are explicitly excluded from patentability under…
AWA | USA | 30 Apr 2020
What patent protection does Gilead’s COVID-19 treatment Remdesivir have?
On 29 April 2020 Gilead announced that its drug Remdesivir has a positive effect in the treatment of COVID-19 from a phase three trial of the drug…
AWA | Global | 29 Apr 2020
WIPO panel finds that Danish start-up Acubit engaged in reverse domain name hijacking
Technology start-up Acubit claimed that Danish trademark rules and practice should assign domain names to the relevant trademark owner. A panel from…
AWA | China, Norway | 21 Apr 2020
China-Norway patent prosecution highway pilot launches
On April 1, the China-Norway Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot began and is in effect until March 31, 2023. A Memorandum of Understanding was…
AWA | China | 20 Apr 2020
Why China’s computer software copyright registrations are increasing
Statistics show a sharp rise in copyright registrations for computer software in China, which can provide an additional layer of protection alongside…
AWA | China | 20 Apr 2020
China further curbs bad-faith trademark applications
Provisions enacted alongside China’s recently amended Trademark Law seek to effectively regulate bad-faith trademark filings including penalties…
