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Laos Initiates Pilot Project for Cryptocurrency Mining and Trading
On September 9, 2021, Laos announced a new pilot program to allow the mining and trading of cryptocurrency. Notification No. 1158, issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, provides for an...
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Saudi Arabia Update: MINIMUM WAGE FOR DENTISTS AND PHARMACISTS ANNOUNCED
Saudi Arabia’s Human Resources and Social Development Minister has issued a Ministerial Decision introducing a minimum wage for dentists and pharmacists. According to a ministerial decree issued today, dentists and...
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Bank of Thailand Issues Data Governance Guidance for Financial Institutions
In September 2021, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) issued its Guidelines on Data Governance to provide financial institutions with recommendations on how to ensure that their data governance will be...
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Italy Update: Drawings 2021. Call for the granting of concessions to companies for the enhancement of designs and models
The Ministry of Economic Development – Directorate-General for the Protection of Industrial Property – Italian Patent and Trademark Office has entrusted Unioncamere with the task of carrying out a facilitative...
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Japan Update: Trade Secrets – Legislation and legal definition
What legislation governs the protection of trade secrets in your jurisdiction? How is a ‘trade secret’ legally defined? The Unfair Competition Prevention Act (the Act) governs the protection of trade secrets. The...
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India Update: IRDAI’s guidance document on cyber insurance policies – an analysis
On account of an unprecedented increase in cybercrimes since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (the “IRDAI”) has recently released a guidance...
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NEW ZEALAND MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
WHAT'S ON THE BLOCK Major waste management business Iconic NZ food manufacturer Manufacturing business SaaS Carbon and Utilities Management Construction business Rural business Engineering business B2B businesses OVERSEAS INVESTMENT...
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UK BREAKING NEWS – retail tenant avoids contempt finding in landlord’s contempt of court application
Keep open clauses in leases require retail tenants to remain open and trading. In England, if they are breached, the landlord can sue for damages. In Scotland, a court order...
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Japan Update: Recent IP High Court Decision on a sound trademark for a famous drug store chain “Kiyoshi Matsumoto”
１. Introduction On August 30, 2021, the Intellectual Property High Court (hereinafter, the “IP High Court”) revoked the trial decision of the Japan Patent Office that rejected the trademark registration...
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