Search results for

Many companies have decided to become more open about the need to tackle counterfeiting and piracy, prompting international cooperation in the fight against the copiers. Introducing a series of articles looking at trends in counterfeiting, James Nurton reports from the MARQUES conference in Prague

A monthly column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam – who received the world's first recorded patent in 1449

Malcolm Royal, former FICPI president, explains how the reformed innovation patent system works in Australia and, overleaf, compares similar procedures worldwide

Latin America has long been an attractive market in which to do business. But with high levels of counterfeiting and piracy continuing to affect the region, how should IP owners respond? MIP, together with Cavelier Abogados, Obligado & Cia and Olivares & Cia, invited in-house counsel, IP officials and representatives from industry lobby groups to discuss enforcement issues across the continent

Sheana Wheeldon and Charlotte Henley of Kensington Swan outline the practicalities and parameters of trade mark registration in New Zealand

WIPO's Madrid system has gained several new members over the past few years, most notably the US and the EU, and it is still growing. Ernesto Rubio of WIPO provides an overview of the latest developments and trends

In order to promote pharmaceutical research within the European Community and to keep the pharmaceutical industry from relocating to countries which offer better protection, EC Regulation Number 1768/92 for supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) was created. SPCs in the Netherlands are also governed by Regulation Number 1768/92. This is a clear and simple regulation which was meant to extend the life of a patent as far as it covered a medicinal product which had received regulatory approval and which should have led to harmonized SPC legislation in the European Community.

With discussions on the accession to the European Union and global harmonization of IP protection in an emerging economy, Turkey has experienced remarkable advances not only in the new regulations introduced but also in the enforcement of IP rights.

Australia: In a report of Crown copyright, the Copyright Law Review Committee recommended that the government repeal special provisions that give it ownership of copyright. It also urged the government to remove copyright protection from materials such as judgments and legislation.

The growth of India's vibrant generic pharmaceutical industry is, in large part, the result of the government's earlier decision to grant only process patents to pharmaceuticals.