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In the third ruling on employee inventions in as many weeks, a Japanese court last month ordered a food company to pay an ex-employee a multi-million yen figure for assigning his patent rights over a type of artificial sweetener he developed.

Blaise J Arena, technology evaluation and IP consultant

Competing against established rivals such as Ducati, Honda and Kawasaki, the Foggy Petronas Racing World Superbikes team is using technology and branding to give it an edge as this year's competition gets underway

IP investigators are probably better known for trade mark infringement and anti-counterfeiting investigations. But Spencer Burgess explains that they increasingly have a role to play in helping companies exploit their patent rights

Recent years have seen a long-awaited growth in technology transfer transactions and offshore software development in Ukraine. This fact may be explained by the following factors. Ukraine has a well-developed technical educational system, inherited from former times. Recent economic growth has shown the growing need for an innovative approach. Furthermore, the cost-effectiveness of Ukrainian research and development, in combination with the above indicated facts, is attracting foreign investors seeking new ideas and technological solutions.

A survey of trade mark cases decided over the last century reveals that court clashes commonly occur where two businesses trade under very similar names in closely related fields. The latest case of this nature involved a challenge by Reed Executive against Reed Business Information's use of the name "Reed" on its totaljobs.com website.

On September 19 2003, a Decree was published in the Official Gazette of the Federal Government, with amendments to the Regulations of the Health Law as well as to the Regulations of the Law on Industrial Property. The purpose of the amendments is to establish coordination rules between the Ministry of Health and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), in connection with the granting of pharmaceutical product registrations for marketing approval, when the making and/or selling of the product might trigger the infringement of a patent.

In a recent decision in Intel Corporation v Intelcard Systems Sdn Bhd & Others [2004] 1 CLJ 550, Intel Corporation successfully obtained an interim injunction against the defendant who dealt with smart cards and information technology security solutions. The defendant was using the trade name Intelcard Systems Sdn Bhd and registered the domain name www.intelcardsystems.com.

The Free Trade Agreement between Chile and the US has closed a dangerous loophole in Chile's patent protection framework. Juan Pablo Egaña explains how patent holders can make the most of the change

There are few reported cases of patent entitlement disputes and yet they can offer an alternative or an addition to claims against employees for breach of confidence. Antony Gold explains the issues involved in bringing entitlement proceedings