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Extreme Caution Required With Coronavirus

LegalReader

This is why we must all be mindful of the new coronavirus disease strain, now named COVID-19, that originated last year in Wuhan, China. As with all viruses, it’s best to be careful when you’re in a situation where exposure is possible. In just a few months, it had already spread around the world. Previous.

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Louis Vuitton is Betting Big on the Korean Market and the Global Fame of K-Pop Royalty BTS

The Fashion Law

billion last year – were readily lining up outside of Louis Vuitton and Chanel stores early this year even as COVID-19 cases were rising. COVID aside, the $12.5 billion) dropped by 19 percent from the previous year ($354.4 As the global luxury goods market has taken a hit as a result of the pandemic, with Bain & Co.

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India: IPR Waiver And Covid-19 Vaccines - Khurana and Khurana

Mondaq

December of 2019, this is when the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was initially noticed in a seafood market of Wuhan city in Hubei Province of China.

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Already Hurt by Tariffs, Pork Producers Get Guidance During COVID-19 Crunch

Vanguard

As COVID-19 forces some of the country’s largest pork producers to curtail operations, pig farmers throughout the U.S. For the last few years, we’ve been one of the main targets of China’s retaliation to U.S. At one point, we were facing a 72 percent tariff in China. Then came COVID-19. Friday, May 15, 2020.

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Guest Post by Prof. Contreras: How the ‘Patent Eligibility Restoration Act’ Would Harm American Businesses and Endanger Global Health by Reintroducing ‘Pathogen Patents’

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The genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus responsible for COVID-19) was first identified in early January 2020 by a team of researchers in China. Within days, diagnostic tests for the virus had been developed and a few months later, new vaccines against COVID-19 were being tested.

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Customs and Trade Law Weekly Snapshot

Customs & International Trade Law

These licenses authorizing certain activities to respond to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic. These licenses authorizing certain activities to respond to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. International Trade Commission.

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Chinese court sentences COVID-19 whistleblower to four years in prison

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Zhang, a 37-year-old former lawyer, had reported on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan beginning in February. Zhang is not the only citizen-journalist to go missing after reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. Zhang posted videos to YouTube of interviews with Wuhan residents. Thanks for your support! DONATE NOW.

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