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The chorus of dissent to Brazil's joining the Madrid Protocol is fuelled by fears of national interests being sidelined. Denis Allan Daniel analyzes some of the major points of discussion against Brazil's accession to the Protocol

Delegates at the 10th annual BIO conference heard a lawmaker unveil his plan to cut fee diversions from the PTO, while President Bush revealed his feelings on the biotech industry. Sam Mamudi reports from Washington DC

A recent decision of the Hamburg District Court may end the controversial practice of taking patent cases to courts in EU countries with slow procedures. Reinhardt Schuster and Clemens Rübel explain

A recent newspaper survey showed that Japanese IP owners face their biggest infringement problems in China. An integrated enforcement strategy can help to protect their rights, argue Andrew Cobden, Lloyd Parker and Takamasa Makita

The "Gunners" have finally succeeded in their registered trade mark infringement claim against Matthew Reed, a trader selling unofficial Arsenal merchandise from his stall outside the club's Highbury stadium.

Sam Mamudi, New York

Work on the draft of an act about the next amendment of the Law on Industrial Property of June 30 2000, conducted by a legal committee of the Polish government with the participation of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, has finally been completed. The Committee of the Board of Ministers has also completed the examination of the draft of the amendment act. Soon the Polish Parliament (the lower chamber) will work on it.

A dispute between GlaxoSmithKline and Dutch company Class gives rise to important questions regarding the parallel import of original branded goods from outside the EEA within the European Union. In this case, a bulk of Aquafresh toothpaste was transported from South Africa to Rotterdam. The transportation took place by vessel at the request of Class. However the trade mark owner of the goods, GlaxoSmithKline, had not given permission for its import into the EEA and requested the Customs Department to seize the goods under Article 13bis of the Uniform Benelux Trade Mark Act.

The European Commission has come down firmly against using competition law to bring about international exhaustion in the EU. Thomas Heide examines its reasoning, and asks whether political action is now likely

Failing to obtain a foreign filing licence in the US can lead to the invalidation of a patent, and even imprisonment of the patentee. Dervis Magistre explains that overseas companies doing research in the US must take care to follow the rules