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Michael Bolton was represented by Robert G Sugarman of Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York and Russell J Frackman of Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp in Los Angeles.

A Bill amending the present Czech Patents Act No 527/90 was discussed in detail in the Patent Yearbook 2000. To our satisfaction the Bill was passed and entered into force on May 10 2000, as Act 116/2000, amending some Acts on Industrial Property Rights. For the purposes of this international briefing, I will cite the most important changes:

According to the Benelux Trade Marks Act, the owner of a trade mark can in principle not prohibit the use of his trade mark in respect of goods that have been put into circulation within the European Economic Area either by himself or with his permission. (exhaustion principle). This means that in principle the owner of a trade mark right cannot invoke this exclusive title in respect of the further trade in goods originating from him. The Benelux Court of Justice has recently explained the exhaustion principle in more detail in its Kipling/GB Unie judgment (The Benelux Court of Justice, December 6 2000).

Chen Xuemin, of CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office in Beijing, discusses the best ways to stop trade mark counterfeiters in China

Arturo Pérez-Orama and Arturo Pérez-Guerrero, of Guerrero Noble, Perez Orama & Guerrero Calderon in San Juan, describe how Puerto Rico’s attributive-deferred trade mark registration system works

A recent Supreme Court decision in Japan will speed up patent litigation but innocent potential defendants should act early to avoid costly court battles. John A Tessensohn and Shusaku Yamamoto explain why

The end of the twentieth century saw patent owners queueing up to go to court to defend their rights. For some, the results were rewarding; for others, the risk didn’t pay off. James Nurton profiles some of 1999’s more interesting cases

Elvis is a powerful brand, maybe the most powerful. In the battle to exploit it, one man has travelled the world and questioned the limits of trade mark protection. James Nurton tells Sid Shaw’s story

China faces five years of the most crucial economic reforms since it launched its "open door" policy in 1978 after the US Congress approved permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) on May 24.

James B Lumenta, of Amroos & Partners in Jakarta, explains how improvements to the Trade Mark Law make it easier to protect rights in Indonesia