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Issue No. 32, December 2022
APAA e-Newsletter
 

Australian Patent Office Refuses to Extend the Time for Making Biological Deposits
Dr Marie Kidd and Dr Michael Christie, Spruson & Ferguson (Australia)
The Budapest Treaty provides a mechanism whereby patent applicants can sufficiently “describe” a biological invention by making a deposit of biological material with a recognised international depositary authority. To avail of this mechanism, applicants …

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Caravan Design Objection Told to Hit the Road
Davin Merritt, Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick (Australia)
A recent decision by the Australian Designs Office highlights an important issue for any third party considering filing a request for revocation of an Australian design registration on grounds relating to entitled persons under s 51 of the Australian …

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Examples of Registered Interior Designs in Japan
Tetsuya Fuse, SOEI Patent & Law Firm (Japan)
Due to revisions to JP Design Law, design applications for interiors have been accepted since April 1, 2020. About 370 interior designs have been registered since then. Regarding interior designs, there are specific provisions relating to each element …

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KIPO Special Judicial Police on the Rise – Especially for Trade Secret Matters
Sun-Keun Yoon, Kim & Chang (Korea)
The Special Judicial Police (SJP), a division of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), has been a huge success since it was first established in 2010 with the authority to conduct criminal investigations and raids in connection with trademark …

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Singapore High Court – Confusing Similarity of Marks Not Required for a Finding of Bad Faith
Alban Kang & Oh Pin-Ping, Bird & Bird ATMD LLP (Singapore)
The Singapore High Court has, in its recent decision in Triple D Trading Pte Ltd v Fanco Fan Marketing Pte Ltd [2022] SGHC 226 (“Triple D”), affirmed that confusing similarity of marks is not a prerequisite for a finding of bad faith to be made. Rather, …

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MOU on Online Advertising and Intellectual Property Rights
Tanakrit (Chansin) Tangburanakij and Praewpan Hinchiranan (Am), Lexel (Thailand)
Online advertising plays an important role in the E-commerce era, and it may also give rise to intellectual property (IP) infringement issues. To prevent IP infringement on the internet, the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP), together with the …

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