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In the previous issue of Managing Intellectual Property, the implementation of the Bolar exemption in Ireland was discussed. It was stated that the exemption in Ireland only applies to experimental activities for generic drugs, excluding new medicinal products.

Artists' resale right schemes, often also called droit de suite, have been a part of the law of a number of European countries since the 1920s. However, the disparity between those national systems that did recognize a resale right and the lack of a resale right in other member states prompted the European Commission to adopt harmonizing measures in the form of EU Directive 2001/84/EC on the resale rights of authors of original works of art. The object of the Directive is to confer the same benefits on authors/creators of graphic or plastic art, such as pictures, collages, paintings, sculptures and engravings, as other creators of artistic works who benefit from successive exploitations of their works. The Directive was passed on September 27 2001 and member states had until January 1 2006 to transpose it into domestic law.

Shahnaz Mahmud, New York

Prodrugs play an important role for the pharmaceutical industry, but patenting them in Mexico has proved difficult. Victor Garrido and Heriberto Lopez of Becerril, Coca & Becerril examine how it can be done

Mexican trade mark examiners have recently been over-strict in classification and in finding marks to be descriptive. Alonso Camargo and Guillermo Ballesteros of Olivares & Cia argue that their practice disadvantages applicants and should be changed

Following a year which has seen significant legislative and judicial activity in Canada, Justine Wiebe of Bereskin & Parr reviews trade mark developments, and the firm's Adam Bobker looks at patent reforms and cases

Throughout Latin America, more companies are investing in and developing IP rights. One that is leading the way is Brazil's leading cosmetics company, Natura. James Nurton spoke to the company's IP manager Renata Franco

Indonesia's rapid economic growth, its relatively stable political environment and the introduction of new IP rules and regulations provide an opportunity for IP owners to re-evaluate their protection and enforcement strategies in the country, say Sara Holder and Lisa Yong of the Rouse & Co International Group

As tax authorities scrutinize transfer pricing issues increasingly closely, it is more important than ever that IP lawyers understand the tax implications of deals that license or assign a company's IP rights. Henry J H Wheare of Lovells provides a guide to getting it right in Asia

The EU has been working with ASEAN governments to boost IP protection in the region. Niclas Morey, director of the EC-ASEAN Intellectual Property Rights Co-operation Programme, ECAP II, explains more