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Our company launched a new product last year but we have since discovered that a leading supermarket is selling an own brand version that looks very similar. What should we do?

Rahul Chaudhry and Sumit Wadhwa, of Lall Lahiri & Salhotra, compare litigation and administrative actions and discuss alternative avenues available

Pravin Anand and Dhruv Anand of Anand and Anand examine how IP has evolved in India over the past 30 years, focusing on legislation, the courts and other bodies, press coverage, teaching and training

A recent action brought under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), in which Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP (CPLP) prevailed, demonstrates best practices for approaching ACPA actions. The case, Newport News Holdings Corp v Virtual City Vision, Inc, et al (ED Va 2009), involved NNHC, a women's clothing company that owns trade mark registrations for NEWPORT NEWS. The defendants registered the domain name NEWPORTNEWS.COM and initially used it as a virtual city website, but later transformed the website into one offering women's clothing.

On July 8 2009, the Court in The Hague decided on the question whether a patent owner still has the right to enforce his patent as a temporary measure, if the patent was revoked in first instance. This in view of the fact that the revocation could be overruled in the appeal proceedings.

In November 2004 an article in MIP highlighted some of the problems with the new .eu domain regulations. Here, Claire Morrissey examines the likely demand for .eu and considers the benefits for rights owners

A number of pivotal copyright decisions were handed down last year, establishing precedent-setting rules for rights owners in Canada, says Brian W Gray of McCarthy Tétrault

More and more companies are transferring R&D operations to China to capitalize on the country's cheap, highly skilled scientists and localize their product development. But how should they get their IP out? Alan Adcock explains

Mexico's Supreme Court has tried to clarify recent amendments to the law on copyright remuneration. But, argues Luis C Schmidt of Olivares & Cia in Mexico City, many questions still remain

The first part of the eighth annual World IP Survey unveils the top-ranked firms in 27 jurisdictions in Europe, Asia and North America. Below, we explain how the results were compiled