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Title Australia: Cars24 successfully drives home defence of a court ‘appeal’ in auDRP process A recent Federal Court decision, Nagpal v Global Cars Aus Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 1226, demonstrates the difficulties in trying to ‘appeal’ orders made by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Centre. Cars24 Founded in 2015, Cars24 is a global online second...	Author Corrs Chambers Westgarth	Date 16 Mar 2022
Title Nigeria: Intellectual Property Newsletter Volume 1 2022 We bring you our first quarter Intellectual Property Newsletter Volume 1 for 2022. Activities at the Regulatory Agencies The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) continues to adopt international best practices and COVID-19 guidelines to protect Nigerian residents. The general public has b...	Author Aluko & Oyebode	Date 15 Mar 2022
Title Australia: Court confirms patent rights must align with (and not extend beyond) the technical contribution In a decision that will be of interest to all users of the patent system, but in particular those in the mining industry, the Federal Court of Australia (in Cytec Industries Inc. v Nalco Company [2021] FCA 970) has upheld a decision of the Commissioner of Patents refusing to grant a patent on the ...	Author Corrs Chambers Westgarth	Date 04 Mar 2022
Title Nigeria: Economic Benefits of Establishing Law for the Protection of Geographical Indications A Geographical Indication (GI) is a mark which identifies a product as originating from a specific geographical region, where a given quality, reputation, feature or attribute of such product is essentially due to its origin from the specific region. [1] Examples include Gruyere Cheese from Switzerl...	Author Jackson, Etti & Edu	Date 04 Mar 2022
Title South Africa: Trademarks and Rebranding in South Africa - Video Trademarks represent a form of intellectual property that is rooted in the heart of every business. It provides businesses with a unique identity for the brand, its products and/or services, which is how the enterprise connects with their stakeholders. A brand's identity is often refreshed, through ...	Author Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr	Date 02 Mar 2022
Title Nigeria: Patents And Designs (Repeal And Re-Enactment) Bill, 2021: Introduction Of Utility Model Certificates In April 2021, the House of Representatives introduced the Patents and Designs (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill (the “PD Bill”), 2021[1] which seeks to overhaul the Patents and Designs Act 1971[2] that currently provides for the protection of Patent and Design rights, albeit inadequately. Whi...	Author Banwo & Ighodalo	Date 31 Jan 2022
Title Nigeria: The Impact of Section 43(2) of the Plant Variety Protection Act 2021 The introduction of the Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA) in Nigeria created intellectual property (IP) right incentives to breeders as well as an access to foreign collaboration. The lack of a regulatory framework protecting IP in new plant varieties had discouraged foreign collaboration and part...	Author Jackson, Etti & Edu	Date 24 Jan 2022
Title United States: What’s Fair is Fair: Recent Supreme Court Case Defines Ability of Innovator to Challenge Patent Rights It Sold When the inventors of an endometrial ablation system – a device for treating abnormal uterine bleeding – made their invention in 1998, they likely were optimistic for an exit event, but they probably didn’t anticipate a Supreme Court case twenty-three years later based on their technology. ...	Author Wyatt, Tarrant and Combs, LLP	Date 21 Jan 2022