Those concerns were echoed by the Scottish Conservatives' Gavin Brown who said the uncertainty over the rate was particularly a worry for the commercial property sector.

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The Intellectual Property Bill aims to make it easier for businesses to protect their intellectual property, particularly their designs, with the introduction of a Unified Patent Court that most EU countries have signed up to.

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The most worrisome signs come from areas where credit for property investment has been particularly easy to get.

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They are heartily sick, for example, of property taxes going up and up, particularly when housing values are trending down.

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But unless you are particularly interested in the fineries of European intellectual property law, you can be forgiven for missing one of the odder entries in the field: Wimdu.

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The institution of private property, meanwhile, made paternal certainty a vital concern, and monogamy, particularly for women, was strictly enforced.

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As Russia is learning each day, the rule of law, particularly as it applies to individual equality before the law and to property rights, is essential for a dynamic, entrepreneurial economy.

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Rights related to intellectual property such as patents and copyrights are particularly important because IP is both a reward for innovation (if I invent a better mousetrap I get to patent it) and an input to it (most new ideas are recombinations of existing ones).

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