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In India, original artistic works may sometimes fall under the Designs Act and the Copyrights Act. This overlap has been much debated and has come up for adjudication several times before the courts. In a recent case, the Copyright Board made some pertinent observations, especially with respect to artistic works produced by the application of an industrial process.

Almost two years after the formation of the independent Appeal Council, which has jurisdiction to review the decisions of the State Intellectual Property Office, Croatian rights holders are feeling the benefits of its shortened procedures and the specialised knowledge of its panelists.

Canada, like many other countries, has developed a relatively user-friendly electronic filing system for Canadian trade mark applicants. However, is the apparent ease with which an applicant can file and prosecute an application having unintended effects?

Argentine law, Section 31 of Law No 11,723 relating to copyright and related rights, establishes that:

On March 19 2010, the Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) issued a notification to request that local Departments of Health in all cities and provinces of Vietnam step up the inspection and supervision of cosmetics to prevent counterfeits and illegally imported cosmetics from being circulated in the market. Accordingly, the local Departments of Health are coordinating with 127 local and central government agencies to inspect and supervise distribution and after-sale activities in the cosmetics industry. Truong Quoc Cuong, director of the DAV stated that, in this campaign, the authorities will monitor manufacturing and importing enterprises, cosmetics market places and border markets which are now known for the distribution of counterfeit and illegally imported products.

The Federal Supreme Court recently decided on whether the Patent Office may rightfully register a patent licence solely on the request of the licensee. This was the practice of the Office in view of the fact that the Patent Act provides no specific rules as to who may apply for the registration of a licence and whether it is sufficient for proof of title to file the licence contract, or whether an explicit consent of the patent owner is needed; the Act also does not provide any rules on how the Registrar should act if it is contentious whether a licence contract is (still) valid or not.

Secretive negotiations are underway for an international anti-counterfeiting deal. But what will ACTA mean for Europe? Marlous Stal-Hilders of Nederlandsch Octrooibureau explains

Counterfeiters often use Mexico as a gateway to Central and Latin America. So stopping fakes both at the border and inside the country can be very cost effective. Sergio Rangel of Olivares & Cia outlines the best strategies

Indran Shanmuganathan and Chew Chui Yiang of Shearn Delamore set out the rules protecting well-known trade marks in Malaysia

Outgoing OHIM president Wubbo de Boer tells Emma Barraclough what the Office is doing to get better and faster, and the lessons it can offer other trade mark registries