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Jae Hoon Kim and Eun Woo Lee of Lee & Ko present a case illustrating the enforcement of rights of well-known marks under the Trade Mark Act

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that a $398 million deal between a patent owner and generic pharmaceutical companies does not violate competition law, in the latest controversial case over reverse payments to be decided in the US courts.

The Russian company Vershina Ltd obtained a figurative trade mark registration (number 327563) vaguely reminiscent of a stylized picture of the US bomber Northrop B2. The index on the picture is however a B52 pertaining to a Stratofortress bomber. In the application filed for registration, the applicant did not mention the resemblance to a specific aircraft or make any reference to aviation in general but the designation B52 is all too familiar to the Russian public even though the profile of the aircraft is different and is more like the B2 Stealth bomber.

Laura Collada of Dumont outlines the tax treatment of royalties, technical assistance and franchises paid to residents abroad, as well as accounting and the tax treatment of assignments

"I work for a global company doing business in China. We have a problem with counterfeiters and I am not sure what is the best way to enforce my trade marks." Responses from a lawyer, in-house counsel and investigator

You have an invention you want to patent. To qualify in most countries, your invention must meet the standard for so-called absolute novelty. This means it cannot have been sold or disclosed in prior patents, publications, trade brochures, advertisements, etc. Such items constitute what is referred to as the prior art.

Heriberto López of Becerril Coca & Becerril gives an overview of the law concerning the duty to translate requested documents

Hoon Chang and Jongki Lee of Central International Law Firm outline changes in patent policies and the exploitation of patents through licensing

Dukkyu Choi of DK Choi & Partners discusses the registrability issues surrounding descriptive and suggestive marks

On the last session day, October 8 2008, the Philippine Senate ratified the controversial Agreement Between the Republic of the Philippines and Japan for Economic Partnership (JPEPA). This agreement was signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and then by Japan Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on September 9 2006, and required the ratification of the parliaments of both countries. Japan quickly approved it in December 2006. Having been objected to by different sectors, it took longer to obtain the agreement of the Senate. The JPEPA is the first bilateral economic pact for the Philippines, and was designed after the Japan-Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement (JSEPA), the first bilateral economic partnership agreement entered into by Japan and considered as a means to promote the economic relations of Japan with other ASEAN countries.