Intellectual Property Protection: 1998 USTR Special 301 decisions

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The Office of the US Trade Representative has place many countries in the Middle East/Africa region on the priority watch list due to the failure of of such governments to provide adequate intellectual property rights protection, especially to US products. The Middle East/African region had a piracy rate of 65% in 1997, with South Africa, Turkey and Israel accounting for 49% of the monetary losses due to intellectual property rights piracy. An estimated monetary loss of $391,510,000 was posted by the region in 1996 for their failure to protect intellectual property rights.

Reports, International aspects, Ethical aspects, International trade, United States. Office of the United States Trade Representative, Intellectual property (International law)

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Judgment for international company in pharmaceutical trademark case

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The Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has upheld the decision of the Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance on a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by an international pharmaceutical manufacturer based in France against a UAE drug company. The appellate court considered the registration of the international firm's mark in 1989 as evidence of prior use of a trademark, and therefore an indication of ownership. Further, this trademark was not similar to the product that the local firm manufactured.

Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical preparations, Cases, Pharmaceutical industry, Drugs, Appellate courts, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Emirate)

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Intellectual property protection: review of new patent law and current trademark rules

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A review of Pakistan's new patent regulations and existing trademark laws is presented.

Laws, regulations and rules, Pakistan, Patent law

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