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Dictionary of Frequently Used Ancient Chinese Characters ( 古汉语常用字字典) since 1979. The dictionary was the first authoritative ancient Chinese dictionary to use modern linguistical and lexicographical methodology following the establishment of the Peoples Republic of China. It has been reprinted more than 160 times and sold over 22 million copies. In 1995 the dictionary won first prize at the National Press and Publication Administration Chinese dictionary awards. The Commercial Pr...

Italy has ratified the International Labour Organisation Violence and Harassment Convention, which will have a significant impact on employment law. Employers will have concrete new obligations with respect to a broader range of behaviours, involving a larger number of people and situations. This will affect the regulations that employers must implement internally and their responsibility for health and safety in the workplace (and work-related situations).

FERCs First Post-Order No. 872 Request for Relief from the PURPA Purchase Mandate Interestingly, it was two Generation and Transmission cooperatives (ETEC and NTEC) that submitted the first "QM filing" under Order No. 872 and 18 C.F.R. §§ 292.309, .310, seeking relief from having to buy from small power production QFs (SPP QFs) over 5 MW. They filed their joint application prior to the effective date of the Order No. 872, taking some risk that their application could be rejected on this grou...

It is often easy to assume that only parties which live in the United Kingdom are required to pay UK value added tax (VAT). However, UK VAT is often paid by individuals, trustees and companies which are resident outside the United Kingdom but use the services of professionals which are based in the United Kingdom. The extent to which VAT is or is not chargeable has changed as a result of Brexit and the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020. This article considers the new post-Brexit ...

Introduction EU Regulation 2018/1139 enables airlines that operate in more than one EU member state under multiple air operator certificates (AOCs) to obtain a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AOC (for further details please see "New basic regulation will revise aviation landscape"). EASA – headquartered in Cologne, Germany – is responsible for safety oversight and certification for all aircraft with an EASA AOC. Thus, the EASA AOC enables airlines which have aircraft registered in di...

In two previous verdicts a district court found that prorogation of jurisdiction can be validly agreed in a yacht insurance contract, even where consumer interests are concerned and the contract requires that legal proceedings be brought in a court in the insurer's home country. In a recent decision, a high court found that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) should be asked for a preliminary ruling. The question for the ECJ is does the EU directive regarding 'large risks' include ve...

structural telework, which is regulated by Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) Number 85; and occasional telework, which is regulated by the Act on Workable and Agile Work. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a third category has been added: COVID-19 telework, which was previously recommended but has now been made compulsory again by the government. Until recently, this COVID-19 telework category was a sui generis regime for which no legal framework had been developed. However, the National Labour Cou...

Yes – the main IP protection treaties to which Peru is a party are: the General Inter-American Convention for Trademark and Commercial Protection (the Washington Convention); the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property; the Patent Cooperation Treaty; and the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. Trends What do you consider to be the most significant IP developments to have taken place in your jurisdiction in recent years? The most significant d...

Introduction The Turkish Grand National Assembly has promulgated the Act on the Prevention of the Financing of Propagation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (7262), published in the Official Gazette (31351) on 31 December 2020, which foresees material amendments to the Commercial Codes provisions regarding bearer share certificates. Although these amendments may seem misplaced, they are the result of long deliberation and deep international cooperation. The act aims to implement the United Nation...

What statutes, regulations or case law govern IP rights in your jurisdiction? IP rights are governed by the Federal Constitution, the IP Law and the Copyright Law, as well as various international agreements (see below). Are there restrictions on how IP rights may be enforced, licensed or otherwise transferred? There are restrictions on the recordal of licence agreements when royalties are paid to other countries. Which authorities are responsible for granting, administering and enforcing IP ri...