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The success of the high-tech sector in Israel has been driven by many factors, including the vast pool of talented scientists, engineers and researchers, a dynamic venture capital market, a genuine entrepreneurial spirit and advanced academic institutions and their increasingly fruitful collaboration with industry. In addition, the role of the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) of the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour and its many programmes, and the effect of the Law for the Encouragement of Industrial Research and Development, 1984, as amended (the Law), the implementation of which the OCS oversees, have also played an important role.

Adrian Zahl describes the ins and outs of the Canadian patent system compared to other regimes, specifically as it applies to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries

After signing free trade agreements with the US and EU, Chile is set to join the PCT. Jaime Silva and Arturo Covarrubias of Silva & Cia examine the advantages and disadvantages for overseas investors, local industry - and IP law firms

I work for a business with consumer-facing brands. A lot of our customers seem to have avatars in Second Life. How can we ensure our IP rights are not abused in such virtual worlds?

On September 1 2008, the German Act for the Improvement of the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights entered into force. It implements the European IP Rights Enforcement Directive (2004/48/EC; IPRED) and the London Agreement. Articles 8a and 8b relating to the latter are effective retroactively as of May 1 2008.

If you know that a product can be protected by both trade mark rights and copyright, you must consider gaining both protections, says Magdaly Sánchez Aranguren and Maria Milagros Nebreda of Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque

The trend for seeking patents for inventions related to computer-implemented administrative systems and/or methods has been a big issue for patent offices worldwide. The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property has been no exception to this, says Octavio Espejo of Becerril Coca & Becerril

At a time when international IP litigation seems like a web of ever-increasing possibilities, mediation and arbitration are emerging as credible alternatives. Stéphanie Bodoni discovers a possibly ideal, but seemingly long-ignored ADR forum and finds out why it has taken so long for cases to get there

Singapore's government has reformed the country's patent code to bring it in line with its international obligations. Kristian Robinson of ECSF, in Singapore, explains the how the reforms will help patent holders

Gitanjli Duggal and Sunita K Sreedharan of Anand and Anand in New Delhi provide an update on the latest patent and design developments in India’s legislature and courts