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Italy has seen fundamental legal reforms regarding trade marks in the past year. Michel Jolicoeur of Racheli & C SpA provides a guide to the most important changes

Following the introduction of the new Trade Marks Act in September last year, Safir Anand of Anand & Anand examines how brand owners can protect their trade marks in India effectively

In an extract from their new book on unconventional trade marks, Stefano Sandri and Sergio Rizzo examine how trade mark law has evolved to encompass new means of communication and marketing

Morality is subjective and divisive, and determining the acceptability of potentially offensive words as trade marks can be problematic. Mark Pearce and Catherine Lamb illustrate how the UK and continental Europe interpret the moral impact of words

Defendants in Hong Kong trade mark cases could find it harder to fight infringement actions after a ruling in the first court case to deal with internationally known marks under the new trade mark law.

Following widespread concern that the proposed new Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation would stifle licensing and, ultimately, innovation in Europe, the European Commission has proposed last-minute amendments. Guy Heath examines their impact, and whether or not they adequately address those concerns

Co-existence agreements provide a useful tool for regulating co-existing trade marks and as a way of settling and avoiding trade mark conflicts. Yasmine Hashim provides a practical guide to drafting and reviewing such agreements

A recent case heard in the High Court of Singapore has shed some useful light on the issue of proving damage in a trade mark infringement suit.

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.

On November 6 2003, Canada became the first country to begin implementation of the WTO Decision regarding the Doha Declaration. Nancy P Pei examines Canada's proposal and what it means for patent holders