Cover Story

• What Kappos has planned for you

  

  David Kappos has taken over an IP Office under fire. What will he do to change the way the US IP Office grants intellectual property rights? Eileen McDermott spoke to the new director to find out more

Features

• Analyse to capitalise

  There are many ways to exploit your IP assets. Paul Teta and Bill Cawley explain how to analyse your portfolio and maximise its commercial potential

• Beware India's comparative advertising rules

  Anuradha Salhotra looks at how a recent court decision in India could end the trend towards aggressive comparative advertising

• A global guide to protecting copyright

  Correspondents from seven jurisdictions reveal how you should protect and enforce your copyright in some of the world’s most important markets

• The IP risks of throwing out the brand

  

  Starbucks is opening a series of individually branded neighbourhood cafes that barely reference the internationally famous Starbucks brand. Jennifer Miremadi assesses the IP implications

• Letter from the editor

News Analysis

• Danone v Wahaha: the lessons for trade mark owners

• Kappos charms AIPLA attendees

• Judge Rader defends the patent system

  US judge Randall Rader says those who argue that the patent system no longer works have an "outdated" understanding of the system

• US government says no to reverse payments

  US antritrust watchdogs have questioned the concept of settlement agreements between generic and brand drug companies

• Trade mark owners urged to act over gTLD plans

  Trade mark owners have been warned to make their voices heard in the debate over ICANN's plans to launch new generic top level domains

• Chief Judge Michel calls for inequitable conduct review

  US judge Paul Michel has urged patent practitioners to help the Federal Circuit clarify the doctrine of inequitable conduct

IP Clinic

• How can we tackle factory overruns?

  We suspect the factory we use in Asia is manufacturing more of our product and selling it out the back door. What can we do?

Diary

• Utynam's Heirs

  A monthly column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam - who received the world's first recorded patent in 1449

Country Updates

• Netherlands - Dutch court decisions concerning SPCs

• Africa - Registrant loses domain name despite long use

• Argentina - Sensible data

• Australia - Duty of disclosure needed when amending claims

• Austria - How far do recall claims reach?

• Belgium - Descriptive seizures are a powerful tool

• Canada - Good faith obligation

• China (PRC) - Supervision of trade mark agencies increased

• Recession has no impact on EPO yet

• Germany - Simplified filing fee not so simple

• Greece - Napoleon registrable for toilet paper

• India - Bayer's patent linkage claim rejected

• Indonesia - Film law causes concern

• Italy - Latest on Made in Italy

• Japan - IP High Court may be changing inventive step rules

• Malaysia - Protecting the national cuisine

• Mexico - Limitations on advertising regulations

• New Zealand - Software patents questioned

• Norway - A guide to SPCs

• Philippines - Top court rules on abuse of rights

• Portugal - Industrial Property Code changes again

• Romania - Trade mark bill heads to parliament

• Russia - Chamber backs Chelsea in emblem dispute

• Singapore - Patentability of human embryonic stem cells

• Taiwan - IP Court allows Cool Water as trade mark

• Thailand - Court rules on rejected trade marks

• United Kingdom - Get your priorities right

• Entire market value clarified

• Effect of corporate name registrations

• Vietnam - New copyright penalties issued