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On March 3 2009 China Customs issued Decree no 183 to amend the existing Implementing Measures on the Regulations of Custom Protection of Intellectual Property promulgated by Customs on May 25 2004. These will come into force from July 1 2009.

The well-known carmaker Mazda has registered trade marks for the word Mazda and its logo, which are both famous trade marks, in Austria. A firm in the province of Lower Austria offers chip-tuning services for different types of cars. In chip-tuning, chips are built into the electronic command parts of the car to achieve a higher power output of the motor. However, chip tuning also leads to much higher wear, making original warranties and guarantees no longer valid. To advertise its services, the firm runs a website on which it lists the cars for which it offers the service. In doing so, it uses the word marks and the logos of the car manufacturers, among them the marks of Mazda. Mazda sued for trade mark infringement.

Folklore and other forms of traditional knowledge – that is artwork, stories and legends, traditional medicinal preparations, traditional symbols and the like originating from indigenous sources – have become items of commercial significance in the modern world. Traditional communities are seeking protection for their works similar to that enjoyed by IP owners, endowing works with the ability to earn revenue.

I will be going to the INTA Annual Meeting for the first time this year. I've heard it can be pretty daunting. How can I make the most of the meeting while retaining my sanity?

From Ilya Kazi, partner, Mathys & Squire, London

European Commission official was one of the key speakers at last month's Fordham IP Conference in Cambridge

Almost 400 guests attended dinners on both sides of the Atlantic in March to celebrate the winners of Managing IP's global and North America awards

In a long-awaited judgment, a US appeals court last month reversed a lower court’s dismissal of Rescuecom’s trade mark infringement claims against Google

In Taiwan, a registered trade mark is vulnerable to non-use cancellation if, without justifiable cause, use of the trade mark has not begun within three years of its registration or after a period of time, use of the trade mark has been discontinued for a period in excess of three years.

The Polish Supreme Court has recently issued an important decision concerning infringement of rights deriving from a trade mark registration by another trade mark registered later.