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Trademarks
Kazakhstan: Overcoming Provisional Refusals of International Trademark Registration
15 September 2016Kazakhstan’s accession to Madrid has brought the country’s trademark regime to the forefront. Janetta Butabayeva and Lola Islamova highlight the difficulties foreign applicants may encounter when Kazpatent reviews an international applica...
The Own Name Defence is Often no Defence at All
13 September 2016In The Audience Motivation Company Asia Pte Ltd v. AMC Live Group China (S) Pte Ltd, the Singapore Court of Appeal, in a ruling dated April 21, 2016, found in favour of the appellant, thus overturning a decision by the High Court which had dismissed...