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[GuestPost] Opinion: Patent trolling threatens the market of taxi aggregators in Kazakhstan

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These two largest services merged their platforms a couple of years ago, which influenced the taxi market in Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and several other Commonwealth of Independent States countries. These mobile services have significantly expanded the market, transferring most of Kazakhstanis from public transport to taxis.

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Never Too Late: if you missed The IPKat last week

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Our SpecialKat Chijioke Okorie published an instructive post on South Africa’s patent laws and how the absence of a definition for ‘inventor’ enabled South African authorities to register the DABUS patent. This InternKat reviewed ‘The Transformation of EU Geographical Indications Law’ by A.

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Abnormal Patent Crackdown Continues in China

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” The crackdown follows years of criticism that the Chinese patent system was being abused by “patent trolls” who filed frivolous lawsuits or submitted low-quality applications in order to extort money from companies. Learn more about our patent services or schedule an initial consultation here.

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