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  • The statute governing patent law in the UK, the Patents Act 1977, is being amended. The amending legislation, the Patents Act 2004, received Royal Assent on 22 July and is expected to be brought into force shortly.
  • Product designs can be protected by copyright and unregistered design right in the UK. But Paul Cox and Debbie Kohner examine whether there is a gap in protection, following the recent Lambretta decision
  • Hong Kong has a reputation for being tough on IP infringements. But as a neighbour to one of the world's biggest centres of counterfeiting and a regional shipping hub, it presents its own risks to IP owners. Nicholas Redfearn explains how to enlist support from Hong Kong's criminal law enforcers
  • The Intellectual Property Owners' Association held this year's Annual Meeting in Boston from September 12 to 14. More than 520 registrants attended the event, which included sessions on the Federal Circuit, employee-inventor remuneration, as well as the intersection between IP and antitrust law.
  • Registration remains the best form of trade mark protection in the UK. But two recent English cases reveal the continuing importance of unregistered rights, as Graeme Fearon explains
  • A recent US ruling has saved accused infringers from the fear that by not having a legal opinion, courts would automatically infer that such an opinion would have contained unfavourable advice. But, says Scott M Alter, that does not mean that such opinions may no longer be crucial
  • EU: The European Commission launched a call for tenders for a study looking at the effects of patented computer-implemented inventions. The aim is to set up an independent survey about the effects of computer-implemented inventions on the software sector. EU: The European Court of Justice announced that Irish IP judge Fidelma Macken will leave the court later this year to go back to the Irish High Court from which she joined the ECJ in October 1999. She will be replaced by Mr Justice Aindrias O'Caoimh from the Irish High Court. The Netherlands: The Netherlands has brought its copyright rules in line with the EU copyright directive by updating the Dutch Copyright Act with the new article 29a. It was enforced on September 1. Switzerland: WIPO paid tribute to its founder Arpád Bogsch who passed away on September 19 at the age of 85. Bogsch worked for WIPO as its first director-general for 24 years, while also heading the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants.
  • Stéphanie Bodoni, Rome
  • The USPTO has sent one of its advisers to the US Embassy in Beijing to persuade the Chinese government to take tougher action on IP infringement.
  • Stéphanie Bodoni, London