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[UK] Moment of truth: Govt decides on plain cigarette packs
The government may be about to risk billions of pounds in lawsuits, as it mulls whether to ban branded cigarette packets. During the consultation, which ended overnight, tobacco companies warned the health secretary the move would amount to the "expropr
Aug 10, 2012
Politics.co.uk (uk)
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Aug 11, 2012 15:05
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[Canada] Why Marlboro Country ends at the border
Marketers spend plenty of time defending their brands against copycats, but it is not often that a product copycats itself. That is what has happened in Canada for one iconic brand: Marlboro.
Aug 4, 2012
Globe and Mail (ca)
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Aug 6, 2012 15:16
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[Australia] RARES: Removing internationally and nationally protected intellectual property rights
Law Graduate, Quintin Rares examines Australia’s attempt to take away Big Tobacco’s intellectual property rights through plain packaging legislation, and poses the question ‘who’s next’?
Jul 12, 2012
Lexology (uk)
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Jul 20, 2012 10:34
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Nicola Roxon, Attorney-general, Australia: When trade marks and health collide
Nicola Roxon took on Big Tobacco with a law in Australia that prioritises public health over trade mark rights. IP owners will wait to see which countries -- and which products -- could be next
Jul 13, 2012
Managing Intellectual Property Magazine (uk)
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Jul 19, 2012 14:17
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Dominican Republic Taps WTO In Australia Tobacco Logo Ban - Law360
The Dominican Republic on Wednesday brought a request for consultations at the World Trade Organization over Australia’s laws and regulations that impose trademark restrictions and other plain packaging requirements on tobacco products.
Jul 18, 2012
Law360
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Jul 18, 2012 23:51
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[Russia] Trademark dispute between Philip Morris and patent authority closed
The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals dropped on Wednesday its proceedings in Philip Morris trademark registration lawsuit against the patent regulator, . . . The company has decided not to pursue the trademark's registration any further.
Jul 11, 2012
Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI) (ru)
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Jul 11, 2012 10:44
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Star Scientific Announces Allowance of Patent Claims Covering Products for Weight Loss and Reduction in Tobacco Use
the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for claims covering a product formulation that, among other uses, assists in weight loss and also the reduction of tobacco use. Application No. 12/826,985, entitled "Nutritional P
Jul 10, 2012
PR Newswire
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Jul 10, 2012 14:43
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[New Zealand] Goff warns against tobacco, drug lobbying
May 4, 2012
TV3 (nz)
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May 4, 2012 11:54
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[UK] Former Trade Marks chief slams plain packaging
Apr 26, 2012
Packaging Gazette (uk)
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Apr 27, 2012 11:28
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[New Zealand] Branding ban likely for tobacco products
Branding of tobacco products will be banned if the Government gets its way
Apr 20, 2012
TV3 (nz)
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Apr 26, 2012 15:06