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EFTA Court backs down over regional exhaustion (IPKat—IP news and fun for everyone)

noreply@blogger.com (Jeremy) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:59:00 GMT

On 24 October a request was made for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by a Norwegian court, the Follo tingrett in Case E-9/07, L’Oréal Norge AS v Per Aarskog AS and Others . The request came in the wake of trade mark infringement proceedings brought by L’Oréal in respect of its REDKEN trade mark for goods in Class 3, which the defendants parallel imported from the US via third parties....

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European trade bloc EFTA eyes closer ties with Asia (Indian Express)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:40:39 GMT

Ministers from the four-nation European economic grouping EFTA agreed on Monday to extend their network of free-trade and investment pacts to India and key Southeast Asian countries.

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What part of "fekcnig obvious" don't they understand? (Prodicus)

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:20:00 GMT

Posted by a commenter (anon at 11:28, 9th June 2008) at Iain Dale's blog : The four members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) – Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein – can trade with EU members as freely as EU members can trade with each other. But they retain their independence, pay only a token contribution to the EU budget (as against Britain's...

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264 Bulgarian Projects Compete for EUR 21,5 M EEA Funding (Sofia News Agency)

Wed, 28 May 2008 14:58:01 GMT

Bulgaria's Finance Ministry has received 264 projects applying for funding from the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area, the Ministry announced at a press conference Wednesday. This is the program though which three of the four EFTA members - Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein - are ...

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Indias FTA with EFTA nations to include IPRs (Indian Express)

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:16:00 GMT

A free trade agreement is slated to be finalised between India and the European Free Trade Association by early 2009. The EFTA countries include Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

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SpicyIP Tidbits: IP in Free Trade Agreement (SPICY IP)

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:19:00 GMT

The Financial Express reports that Commerce Minister Kamal Nath is all set to make IP a part of the free trade agreement to be finalised by early 2009 between India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)- established in 1960 and comprising of countries such as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. While earlier the EFTA and...

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India, EFTA to conclude free trade pact in one year (SouthAsiaNews.com)

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:45:03 GMT

New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), comprising Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland, have decided to conclude a free trade agreement within next one year, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said Tuesday. In January this year we signed with the EFTA countries the agreement to start negotiations...

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GCC inks Euro trade pact (Investor's Iraq Forum)

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:53:28 GMT

Did a search. Didn't see this info. I thought it sounded good :sun: by Lynne Roberts on Sunday, 27 April 2008 Image: http://www.arabianbusiness.com/images/magazines/arabianbusiness.com/web/efta_thumb.jpg FREE TRADE: Merchandise trade between the EFTA and GCC in 2007 amounted to more than...

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EU new car registrations up 8.7% in February (SAMAR)

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:07:35 GMT

In February, new passenger car registrations in Europe (EU27+EFTA) were 8.7% higher than in the same period in 2007, helped by one extra working day in the whole region.

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Hands up who knows the difference between the EU, the EEA and the EFTA? (Rachel Joyce's BlogSpot)

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:18:00 GMT

... economic cooperation between member states of the (EU)) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). In essence, the EEA extends the benefits of the single European market to the three non-EU EFTA states of Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. Switzerland, though a member of EFTA, rejected membership of the EEA in a referendum in 1992 (and also continued to reject membership...

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Sweet! Free trade with Liechtenstein! (The Wheatsheaf) (Progressive Bloggers)

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:20:00 GMT

I had been so excited about the election in Alberta and the non-election federally that it slipped by me that Canada signed a free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The EFTA are those neutral European countries that are so interested in being beige that they refuse to join the European Union. That is...

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India, EFTA trade pact talks begin (Indian Express)

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:49:02 GMT

The announcement came on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008 at Davos. The JTF would also monitor the implementations of the recommendations of an India-EFTA Joint Study Group which was established on December 1, 2006.

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Free trade with Europe (The Telegraph India)

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:13:31 GMT

India will negotiate an economic pact with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which comprises Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

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Free trading David Emerson (David Akin's On the Hill)

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:50:49 GMT

International Trade Minister David Emerson is announcing a spate of activity in his portfolio today. At a speech to mark International Trade Day, Emerson says that Canada: Has concluded free trade negotiations with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland Has opened free trade...

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