21 November 2019
Myanmar New Trade Mark Laws – Soft Opening of Online Filing System to commence in December 2019 / January 2020
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Existing rights holders should collate and prepare the necessary documents and information for re-filing of all their marks during the Soft Opening in December 2019 / January 2020. Where there are amendments to the ...

09 November 2020
How To Avoid Trademarks Being Determined As Deceptive
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Article 10(1)(vii) of the PRC Trademark Law stipulates that: “a logo may not be registered as trade mark under any of the following circumstances: … (vii) which is deceptive and can easily mislead the public about the ...

10 November 2020
Prior right of work title and character name and its protection
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With the development and prosperity of the cultural and entertainment industry, many well-known movies, animations, online games and other works are facing increasing intellectual property protection issues. How to ...

24 July 2018
Myanmar's New Trade Mark Regime
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Myanmar's new trade mark legislation is expected to completely overhaul the trade mark regime in the country.

24 July 2019
When do clinical trial consent disclosures render a patent invalid?
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In the recent case of InterPharma Pty Ltd v Hospira Inc (No 5) [2019] FCA 960 the Australian Federal Court has given patentees guidance as to novelty preserving practice in the conduct of clinical trials.

03 September 2019
China Expands Medical Devices Market Authorization Holder Pilot Project to 21 Provinces/Municipalities
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On 1 August 2019, the National Medical Products Administration ("NMPA") issued a notice to extend the pilot project of medical device registrant system (GUO YAO JIAN XIE ZHU (2019) No.33) ("Notice") to 21 ...

20 June 2019
China to accelerate the development of "Smart Supervision System" for drug and medical devices
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The NMPA issued the Drug Smart Supervision Plan aiming to deepen the development of a drug supervision system embracing modern information technologies such as cloud computing, big data, and "Internet+" technologies.

12 June 2019
Deliberate copying: Federal Court finds patentee entitled to additional damages in patent infringement case
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On 3 June 2019, in a recent decision of the Federal Court of Australia in Gram Engineering Pty Ltd v Oxworks Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 689, a rare order was made finding that the patentee is entitled to additional damages for ...

06 September 2019
China passed new amendments to the Drug Administration Law
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On 26 August 2019, China's National People's Congress passed the final amendments to the Drug Administration Law ("DAL"), which will take effect on 1 December 2019. The DAL was first enacted in 1984, then substantively ...

07 November 2019
Opening the gates for generics - E-prescribing requirements implemented in Australia
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The Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) provides for and regulates government subsidies for the supply of certain medicines. A requirement to receive subsidised medicine under the PBS is that the medicine ...