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Tax Reform Proposals for 2012 Issued on December 10, 2011 by the Japanese Cabinet
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Table of Contents 目次
• Proposed draft of the JPO guidelines for the patent term extension. (p.1)
• 特許権の存続期間延長に関する特許庁審査基準（案） [Japanese] (p.2)
• 专利局有关专利权期限延长的审查基准（草案）[Chinese] (p.3)
• Recent judgments of the 3rd division of the IP High Court with respect to examination of novelty and inventive step (September 28, 2011 and October 24, 2011) (p.4)
• 新規性・進歩性判断に関する最近の知財高裁３部の判決例（2011 年9 月28 日、10 月24 日）
[Japanese] (p.5)
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Japan
Yusuke Nakano, Vassili Moussis and Kentaro Hirayama
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Japan
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By Piyasena C. Perera
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A practical cross-border insight into class and group actions work
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The law in key jurisdictions worldwide
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On March 30, 2011, we issued a newsletter1, which outlined a report issued by the Japanese
Financial Services Agency (“FSA”) on the potential modifications to the regulations
governing the allotment of stock acquisition rights to shareholders without consideration
(“Rights Offering”) (the “Report on Modifications”).
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On November 4, 2011, the Financial Services Agency of Japan (the “FSA”) released the
preliminary drafts of the amendments to the Cabinet Order (Cabinet Order No. 321 of 1965)
and the Ministerial Ordinance (Ordinance No. 5 of 1973) (the “Draft Amendments”) and
announced the commencement of public comments procedure in relation to the Draft
Amendments.
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1 What forms of business entities are relevant to the typical franchisor?
The most typical franchisors are organised in the form of a jointstock company.
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The Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund (Sixth AP Fund) and the other shareholders have sold their holding in Xelerated to Marvell.
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The Hague, February 2012 – As of February 1, 2012 Joost Fanoy has joined BarentsKrans' Antitrust & Public Procurement Practice Group as a senior associate.
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From 1 January this year, Delphi gets a new managing partner for Linköping and Norrköping. Oscar Brandin has been with Delphi since 1999 and succeeds Christopher Bona who is stepping down after six years as managing partner.
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The case of a severely-disabled 57-year-old man who wants a judge to allow a doctor to “lawfully” end his life reached the High Court on Monday.
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Bindmans client Francis Firebrace is one of Australia’s most original indigenous storytellers and an Aboriginal Elder.
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More than 90 trust and insolvency practitioners received a master class in various insolvency
scenarios relating to Guernsey trusts at a breakfast seminar run by Carey Olsen on Wednesday
18 January at St Pierre Park Hotel.
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agri-food groups Agrial and Elle & Vire on October 10, 2011
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Schaeffler AG, a renowned supplier of the automotive industry and the world's leading supplier of mounting rolling bearings and linear products, has concluded a new loan agreement of € 8 billion with a bank syndicate comprising BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, JP Morgan, LBBW, Royal Bank of Scotland and UniCredit.
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Having completed the New York Marathon Chris Pitaluga and Yvonne Chu-Feetham raised £18,000 for charity - he has donated to RICC £10,000, to Pathway Through Pain £5,000 and to Cancer Relief £3,000. He presented the cheques to the representatives from the various charities (all in the picture).
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London and South East law firm Penningtons Solicitors LLP is pleased to announce that it has recruited John Hargreaves to head its healthcare team. John joins Penningtons as a partner from Stephenson Harwood, where he had led the health and care group for the past five years. He will be based at Penningtons' City office.