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The UK Copyright Directorate launched a consultation on the implementation of the EU Copyright Directive (the Directive) into UK law on August 7 2002. The Directive entered into force on July 22 2001 and member states are required to transpose it into domestic law by December 2002. The aim of the Directive is to harmonize rights in certain key areas, in particular to deal with the challenges of the internet, e-commerce and digital technology.

The amended Romanian Patent Law 203/2002, which became effective on August 22 2002, brought some necessary clarifications concerning the rights conferred by a patent in the biological or genetic field.

Under the Mexican Industrial Property Law trade names are published rather than registered, as happens with service marks. The difference between a publication and a registration basically consists in the rights derived from the legislation. While the exclusive right to use a service mark is granted only by means of a registration, a trade name does not require a registration to produce legal effects against third parties. Indeed, according to the Law, trade names are protected by virtue of their use without the benefit of a registration. The purpose of the publication is only to establish a presumption of good faith in the adoption and use of the trade name. Accordingly, use of a trade name is essential to produce its legal effects.

Author's special rights or moral rights, as these are commonly referred to, have their genesis in Article 6 bis of the Berne Convention which states:

Throughout the world, the patent landscape is changing as patent offices and governments look at how they can provide a better service to rights owners. In the first part of the World IP Survey, MIP reveals the leading patent firms and asks top practitioners to discuss the latest issues

? China: According to the official Xinhua news agency, China's IP rights administration department handled 41,163 trade mark infringement and 4,416 copyright cases in 2001.

Ingrid Hering, London

Korea's method of resolving domain name disputes is less than a year old. The new system has already proved itself to be an efficient and cheap mechanism for dispute resolution, writes Jay (Young-June) Yang

Linda Wang and Ooi Aik Hin, of Tay & Partners, explain how to deal with overruns and transhipments under the following situations

A government-sponsored council has called for radical changes to the IP system in Japan. The new regime will look to help the courts, industry and law schools, write Katsuyuki Yamaguchi and Yuji Yamaguchi