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In response to an investigation report the European Commission published in January of 2008, which demanded that Taiwan amend its Patent Act with respect to the conditions for compulsory licence, the Intellectual Property Office completed a draft amendment to the Patent Act intended to redefine and limit the conditions for compulsory licences, among others, and held the first public hearing on August 18 2008.

Luis F Ruiz of Arenales & Skinner-Klée (Guatemala), Luis Ernesto Guandique Chavez of GSQ (El Salvador) and Ricardo Anibal Mejia of Bufete Mejia & Asociados (Honduras) present a survey of the criminal prosecution of counterfeiting, focusing on their three respective nations

Eileen McDermott asks Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Paul Michel about some of the challenges of running the country's most important IP court

The Constitutional Court recently made a very important decision relating to Turkish trade mark practice and cancelled some sub-paragraphs in Articles 9 & 61 of Trade Mark Decree Law Number 556 which resulted in further limitation on the scope of protection and infringement of rights.

Due to the changes in the Singapore Patents Act, there is a requirement for examined claims for applications having a filing date on or after July 1 2004, at the time of paying the grant fee. In particular, it is required that each claim in an application is related to at least one claim that has been examined and referred to in an examination report relied upon. Under section 2(4)(a) of the Singapore Patents Act, the definition of one claim being related to another claim is if the two claims are identical or (A) each limitation in the second claim is identical to a limitation in the first claim or (B) differs from a limitation in the first claim only in expression but not in content.

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

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

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