1. International briefings.
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Spence, Mac, Zuccherino, Daniel R., Treloar, Peter, Beetz, Rainer, Gevers, François, Bud, Mark, Tsang, Howard, Shi, Lilian, Frederiksen, Jakob Pade, Haggenmüller, Christian, Kilimiris, Tassos, Mirandah, Gladys, McGuire, Brett, Modiano, Micaela, Nakamachi, Akihito, Mirandah, Patrick, Ballesteros, Guillermo A., De Jong, Dirk J., Ironside, Sue, and Rekdal, Kristine
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PATENTS ,PATENT law - Abstract
The article presents news briefs related to patents around the world. Australia in 2002, introduced a grace period provision to provide a 12 month prior publication right by the patentee before filing a complete patent application. Belgium has adopted measures for cutting taxes on patent income for corporations in order to promote innovation. The Canada Federal Court has issued a decision in which the plaintiff in an infringement action had filed a disclaimer shortly before litigation.
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- 2009