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Trademarks 2012

January 2012 - Intellectual Property. Legal Developments by DELACOUR.

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Denmark

Johnny Petersen - Delacour Dania

Ownership of marks Who may apply? As an introductory remark, it must be noted that all matters relating to Danish trademarks are regulated by the Danish Act on Trademarks (the Trademarks Act). No references are made in this chapter to the European Community Trademark Regulation. 

Mining 2011

January 2012 - TMT ( Technology, Media & Telecoms). Legal Developments by DELACOUR.

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Greenland

Peter Schriver - Nuna Law Firm

What is the nature and importance of the mining industry in your country? Presently there are four exploitation licences in Greenland – a gold mine in south Greenland, an olivine mine in west Greenland, a lead and zinc mine also in west Greenland, and a molybdenum mine in east Greenland. At the moment only the gold mine is operating. Generally the mineral exploration activity has increased enormously within the past few years as the world mining community has become increasingly aware of Greenland’s mineral potential. 

Life in life sciences in October – November 2011

January 2012 - Intellectual Property. Legal Developments by Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris.

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Life sciences
Danish companies in the life sciences sector formed strategic alliances, were granted product approvals and took other initiatives in October and November 2011. Norrbom Vinding provides you with an overview of events:

Does A also include A + B?

December 2011 - Intellectual Property. Legal Developments by Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris.

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Patents
A German state court recently held that a supplementary protection certificate granted for the substance A also protected the combination of A+B. This may benefit a Swiss pharmaceutical company.

SPCs and combination products

December 2011 - Intellectual Property. Legal Developments by Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris.

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Patents
All active ingredients in a pharmaceutical product must be specified in the patent claims to extend patent protection by means of a supplementary protection certificate.

Employee inventor did not hit jackpot

December 2011 - Employment. Legal Developments by Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris.

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IP & employees
A technical engineer was not entitled to compensation for three inventions made in the course of employment. The inventions were not sufficiently inventive.

Fixed-term work in Andalusia

December 2011 - Employment. Legal Developments by Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris.

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Discrimination
The EU Court has ruled that the Fixed-Term Employment Directive may extend to permanent employees in some cases.

Flying high ...

December 2011 - Employment. Legal Developments by Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris.

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by Yvonne Frederiksen

Discrimination
A provision in a German collective agreement requiring pilots to retire at 60 was incompatible with the Equal Treatment Directive.

An end to social dumping

December 2011 - Employment. Legal Developments by Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris.

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by Christian K. Clasen

General legal news
Foreign enterprises operating in Denmark must comply with Danish labour market practices and standards. The issue of social dumping has been addressed by the Danish Government and the Red-Green Alliance party in a new agreement.
 

Age discrimination – but no compensation

December 2011 - Employment. Legal Developments by Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris.

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by Yvonne Frederiksen

Discrimination
Although an employee was discriminated against by not being paid statutory redundancy pay, he was not entitled to compensation under the Danish Anti-Discrimination Act.
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