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  • Czech Republic: EU accession - energy

    Czech RepublicUnited Kingdom 22.05.2003
    What changes have already been made to Czech energy law? The Act on Business Conditions and Public Administration (the "Act") implements many of the EU requirements in this area. It came into force in...

  • Czech Republic: EU accession - financial services

    Czech RepublicUnited Kingdom 22.05.2003
    What changes have already been made to the Czech Republic's laws on financial services? the division of insurance activities into life and non-life insurance business, although existing composite insurers...

  • Czech Republic: EU accession - employment

    Czech RepublicUnited Kingdom 22.05.2003
    The Czech Republic has already accepted and implemented the European Community Acquis in the field of Social Policy and Employment and is fully prepared for possible EU accession in 2004. In the field...

  • Early .pro registration for trade mark owners

    United Kingdom 07.05.2003
    RegistryPro, Inc , the operator of the "soon-to-be-launched" .pro top-level domain is accepting applications from trade mark owners who wish to protect their intellectual property before RegistryPro opens...

  • What is an 'identical' trade mark?

    United Kingdom 01.05.2003
    The European Court of Justice has recently clarified what constitutes an "identical" trade mark for the purposes of the Trade Marks Directive (89/104/EEC). The owner of a trade mark for the word "ARTHUR"...

  • New customs regulation to target counterfeit goods

    United Kingdom 29.04.2003
    In January, the European Commission proposed a new Customs Regulation to facilitate seizures of counterfeit and pirate goods from outside the EU. Between 1998 and 2001, Customs have seen the number of...

  • European Commission propose directive to enforce intellectual property rights

    United Kingdom 29.04.2003
    In January 2003 the European Commission proposed a new Directive to ensure the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in Member States. The aim of the proposed Directive is to create a level...

  • Supplementary protection certificates for combination drug therapy

    United Kingdom 23.04.2003
    Takeda Chemical Industries -v- Comptroller General of the Patent Office It is possible in certain circumstances to extend the duration of patent protection for a medicinal product by a period of up to...

  • European Commission seeks comment on future policy for environment technologies

    United Kingdom 26.03.2003
    The European Commission has just published a Communication ‘Developing an action plan for environmental technology’, which sets out its preliminary views and begins a consultation process to...

  • Prospects of obtaining an interim injunction in patent proceedings improve

    United Kingdom 10.03.2003
    The Court of Appeal last month upheld the grant of an interim injunction by Jacob J in SmithKline Beecham -v- Apotex [2003] EWCA Civ 137. Interim injunctions in patent proceedings in recent years have...

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