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Hugo Alberto Bazzani Aronne of Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque looks at developments in Venezuela’s approach to IP rights since its exit from the Andean Community in 2006

On July 21 2015, President Benigno S Aquino III signed into law Republic Act No 10667 known as the Philippine Competition Act which took effect on August 8. Its salient points are summarised here.

The key legislation that governs intellectual property in Laos is Law No 01/NA of December 20 2011, on Intellectual Property, as amended. Under the IP Law, trade mark owners can bring an administrative action, through the Department of Intellectual Property Rights (DIPR), against a shop that sells counterfeit products. This is the most effective anti-counterfeiting measure in Laos.

IP practitioners in Canada have had their work cut out keeping on top of the barrage of legislative changes that have come their way in the past two years. Now the challenge is to implement them, reports Michael Loney

Bradley White, Vincent de Grandpré and Brad Jenkins of Osler discuss what the rise of the internet and the scope for online presence has meant for jurisdictional borders when enforcing IP rights

The IP legal market is changing. In-house counsel want more for less, technology is commoditising work processes and the partnership track is becoming less attractive to growing numbers of lawyers. Emma Barraclough considers the influences that are reshaping the market. Plus: those shaping the changes make their predictions for the future

Generally, the law prohibits registration of trade marks lacking distinctiveness. However sometimes this rule can be waived. There is an international trade mark registration number 1140887 (see picture).

On August 6, the Decree of the President of the Republic number 90/2015 ratifying the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court signed in Brussels on February 19 2013 was published in the Official Journal of the Portuguese Republic.

To meet demand for sustainable energy efficient processes for chemical and material production, Saudi Arabia Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) executed a master research agreement (MRA) with National University of Singapore (NUS) on July 7 2015. The MRA will enhance research and collaboration in the fields of chemistry, chemical engineering and material science, and facilitate technical exchange between SABIC and NUS. Under the agreement, joint research efforts will focus on advanced chemical process development for energy efficiency, development of solutions for advanced sustainable materials and process equipment design. The aim of these efforts is to identify specific projects that will help develop solutions to meet the increased demand for lighter, cleaner and more efficient sustainable solutions as a result of heightened consumer awareness and the strain on natural resources brought on by rapid urbanisation.

In the case of Dura-Mine Sdn Bhd v Elster Metering Ltd & Anor [2015] 1 CLJ 887, the Federal Court of Malaysia conclusively decided that the exact original copies of artistic works were not required for the purposes of establishing prima facie evidence of ownership of copyright under the "true copy" requirement within Section 42(1)(a)(iii) of the Copyright Act 1987, and applied the common law position that copyright is not limited to the first or earliest work.