Guideline on Non-clinical Evaluation of Vaccines for Human Use has been Published
On 6 October 2020, Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (“Agency”) has published “Guideline on Non-clinical Evaluation of Vaccines for Human Use” (“Guideline”). The Guideline aims to provide guidance on “non-clinical evaluation” of vaccine candidates for vaccine developers.
WIPO Launches “WIPO Lex-Judgments” Database
Legal regulations and judicial practices are in a continuous transformation in order to meet the needs arising from new technological developments. Juridical authorities in different jurisdictions are facing new and highly sophisticated conflicts which are increasing day by day in practice of intellectual property. This global change also necessitates an international information exchange to have …
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Principles and Procedures Applying to Taxpayers Detected with High
Pursuant Article 160/A of the Tax Procedure Law (“Law number 213”) taxpayers who are determined by the relevant departments of the Ministry of Treasury and Finance to have a high risk of forging documents will be referred to tax inspection and then their taxpayer status will be abandoned. Within the scope of this amendment, which …
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COVID-19: A Force to Invoke Force Majeure
Introduction On 11 March 2020, coronavirus (“COVID-19”) was officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (“WHO”).1 COVID-19 has, since December 2019, infected more than 167 countries and over 203,000 individuals worldwide. The wide spread of COVID-19 has caused global alarm and in the effort to minimize the threat of this pandemic, many countries have …
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COVID-19 in the Workplace: The Malaysian Position
The recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, has put much of the world at a standstill, with new cases reported by the day and the death toll rising rapidly. Unsurprisingly, the support services industry, especially the travel, tourism, and hospitality sectors, are a few of the industries which are severely impacted by the Covid-19 …
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Korea introduces new law strengthening protection against intentional infringement of IP rights
Following the July 2019 amendment to the Patent Act introducing punitive damages for patent infringement, the Korean National Assembly has since passed additional legislation to strengthen the protection of IP rights. The new legislation includes amendments to the Trademark Act, the Design Protection Act and the UCPA (Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act), …
KFTC Announces the Proposal for the “Fair Intermediation Transactions on Online Platform Act”
One of the most significant changes brought upon by COVID-19 is the increase in contact-free transactions, which triggered rapid increases in the market concentration of the online platform industry. In response to such changes, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (the KFTC) proposed the “Fair Intermediation Transactions on Online Platform Act” (the Online Platform Act) to …
The challenges facing the massification of natural gas
As of 2004, Peru began the exploitation of its most important natural gas reserves, located in the region of Cusco (Camisea), specifically in the fields located in the towns of San Martín, Cashiriari and Mipaya. These reserves, coming from Lots 88 and 56, are transported from the rainforest to the coast of the country to …
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Indian Patent Office rolls out a new Form for filing “Working Statement”
Working Statement required to be filed by patentees every year continues to be a controversial subject. The frequent change in forms and differing stand of the Patent Office has added to the confusion.
The Power of the Automatic Stay
In the first article of our Business Rehabilitation Spotlight Series, we provided an overview of the anatomy of a typical business rehabilitation in Thailand where we focused on the key considerations for Thai and Foreign Creditors. In this episode, we will highlight one of the key features in a rehabilitation proceeding that comes into immediate effect when …