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  • The Singapore courts, after a period of relative calm, have considered and interpreted the Trade Marks Act in a spate of recent cases. Dedar Singh Gill, Paul Teo and Yvonne Tang of Drew & Napier outline the latest trade mark litigation developments
  • There is little consistency in the decisions of OHIM's Opposition Division, Boards of Appeal and the Court of First Instance regarding pharmaceutical trade marks. But, say Jean L Pire and Sandra R Paulsson, some guidance is now expected from the European Court of Justice
  • In the past few years, the abundance of technical information on the internet has allowed patent attorneys to become versed in technical fields that previously would have been inaccessible. Gwilym Roberts argues that this enables advisers to be more mobile in handling new areas and is also good news for innovators
  • In Brussels, everyone is talking about SMEs. Anne Kristine Jensen, project manager for IP and competition at the Stockholm Network, reviews a recent workshop that addressed their needs and activities with regard to IP rights
  • Quality of search and examination is top of the list of demands from most patent applicants. MIP asked EPO President Alain Pompidou what the Office is doing to ensure that standards are maintained
  • The EU Enforcement Directive has raised issues over IP enforcement across Europe, leading to delays in implementation in some member states. Gareth Morgan, Valerie Budd and Dietrich Kamlah compare the challenges the Directive poses in the UK, France and Germany
  • The UK's Patent Office is set to abandon examination on relative grounds. John Olsen and Marius Haman argue that this will have significant consequences for trade mark owners and applicants in the UK, Europe and beyond
  • Asia's mix of mature markets and rapidly industrializing economies gives parallel traders plenty of scope to exploit price differentials across the region. Emma Barraclough introduces a survey of six Asian jurisdictions which considers what local rules on parallel trade mean for rights owners and importers
  • GUATEMALA: The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) will enter into force in Guatemala on October 14, after the country acceded to the Treaty in July. Guatemala will be the 133rd member of the PCT.
  • 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