1994

Genetic Technology and Patent Law in a Nordic and European Perspective. Report in Nine Parts on the Conference of the Nordic Industrial Property Law Associations on Genetic Technology and Patent Law

I. Inledning och bakgrund

Introduction and Background

Marianne Levin

II. Genteknik och etik

Genetic Technology and Ethics

Niklas Bruun

III. Oversikt och lovgivning og praksis i de nordiske land

Legislation and Praxis in the Nordic Countries

Per T. Lossius

IV. Finnes der biologiske prinsipper som ikke bør inngå i patentkrav?

Are There Biological Principles That Ought Not to Form Part of Patent Demands?

Ruth Kleppe Aakvaag

V. Biotekniske opfindelser må betragtes som kemiske opfindelser

Biotechnological Inventions to Be Regarded as Chemical Inventions

Ole Plougmann

VI. Sammenfattade konklusioner

Recapitulatory Conclusions

Mads Bryde Andersen

VII. Common Position om retsbeskyttelse af bioteknologiske opfindelser

Common Position on th eProtection of Biotechnological Inventions

VIII. Patentdirektoratets vejledning P 6.14-1 (December 1993) Patentering ag bioteknologiske opfindelser

Guidelines P 6.14-1 [December 1993] of the Danish Patent Office Regarding the Patenting of Biotechnological Inventions

IX. Definisjon av bioteknologi (NOU 1990:1, Moderne bioteknologi)

Debatt. Gunnar Karnell bland smultron och jordgubbar

Debate. Gunnar Karnell between Wild and Cultivated Strawberries

Anders Knutsson

Debatt. Vilket brukskonstskydd kan vi leva med?

Debate. What Type of Protection for Applied Art Can We Live with?

Marianne Levin

Notiser

News Items

Eva Jarnvall, Gunnar Karnell, Henry Olsson, Jan Rosén

NIR 3 / 1994

Det varemærkeretlige konsumtionsprincip ifølge EF-direktiv 89/104 (og Forordning 40/94)

The Principle of Exhaustion in Trademark Law under EC Directive 89/104 and Regulation 40/94

Jesper Rasmussen

Disciplin og konkurrence

Discipline and Competition

Lise Dybdahl Østerborg

Vapenrätt – immaterialrättsliga aspekter på heraldiken

The Right to Armorial Bearings – Intellectual Property Law Aspects on Heraldry

Elias Granqvist

Ang. L. Törnroths artikel "Motsvarighet i grundhandlingarna – en kommentar"

Comments on L Törnroth, "Subject Matter within the Contents of the Applications as Filed–Comments"

Helena Parneborg

Debatt. Plagiatteknik: Hur blå plommon blir röda jordgubbar som sen förminskas till smultron

Debate. The Art of Copying: How Blue Plums Become Red Strawberries that later Are Diminished to Wild Strawberries

Claës Uggla

Litteratur

Literature

Gunnar Karnell, Monica Sundgren

NIR 4 / 1994

Det XXII nordiska mötet för industriellt rättsskydd, Borgholm, Öland den 29–31 augusti 1994

The XXII Nordic Symposium for Industrial Property Law, Borgholm, Öland, Sweden, Aug, 29–31, 1994

I Dagsläget för immaterialrätten i Norden

The Situation Today for Intellectual Property Law in the Nordic Countries

II Genteknik och patenträtt i nordiskt och europeiskt perspektiv

Gene Technology and Patent Law in a Nordic and European Perspective

III Skyddet för reservdelar i nordiskt och europeiskt perspektiv

The Protection of Spare Parts in a Nordic and European Perspective

IV En ny nordisk känneteckensrätt för 2000-talet?

A New Nordic Legislation for Trade Marks and Trade Names in the 21st Century?

Till avsnittet "En nordisk känneteckensrätt för 2000-talet"

Gunnar Karnell

V Skyddet mot illojal konkurrens, särskilt med avseende på efterbildningsskyddet enligt de nordiska marknadsföringslagarna

The Protection against Unlawful Competition, Especially Regarding Protection against Copying in the Nordic Acts on Marketing

Rapport fra det XXII nordiske møte for industriell rettsbeskyttelse

Report from the XXII Nordic Symposium for Industrial Property Law

Gunnar Thommessen

News items

Distinctiveness for non-traditional trademarks and the inherent distinctiveness for surface patterns (PMCA, PMÄ 14666-22)

Rättsfall | Sverige

In this case regarding a trademark application for a geometrical figure as a surface pattern, the PMCA provide guidelines in relation to distinctiveness in relation to surface trademarks, and particularly the assessment for its inherited distinctiveness. This case further elaborates on the responsibilities an applicant holds in relation to showing distinctiveness for signs, patterns or products that are not typically associated with being trademarks.

The balance of the law on the peace of the maritime grave at the wreck of Estonia and the journalistic interest (the Court of Appeal for Western Sweden, B 5637-22)

Rättsfall | Sverige

The balance of the law on the peace of the maritime grave at the wreck of Estonia and the journalistic interest (the Court of Appeal for Western Sweden, B 5637-22) Filip Jerneke and Stefan Widmark Introduction In this case, two persons were convicted for offence against the law on the peace of the maritime grave at the wreck of the passenger vessel Estonia after diving close to and filming the wreck for the purpose of making a documentary film. In this context, the most interesting aspect is how the court draws the line between the peace of the maritime grave and the journalistic interest.

Gross defamation – similar statements in different media resulting in different judgements (Stockholm District Court, B 568-21 and Svea Court of Appeal B 374-20)

Rättsfall | Sverige

Whether defamation is made in constitutionally protected or other media can have decisive effect. This is shown in two judgments from Stockholm District Court and the Svea Court of Appeal. The cases concern similar statements made relatively close in time by a woman about a man. However, the woman was convicted in one case but acquitted in the other.

Jaguar replica sportscar does not constitute copyright infringement

Rättsfall | Sverige

This case concerns a dispute between international car manufacturer Jaguar and a Swedish company, as well as the company's two owners, regarding allegations of copyright infringement in the defendants' production of a replica Jaguar C-Type sportscar.(1) The second-instance Patent and Market Court of Appeal reversed the first instance-court's decision and found that the replica did not constitute copyright infringement on two unusual grounds:

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