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A number of legislative changes in Irish data protection law have already taken effect and further developments are due to take effect in October 2007. These developments provide some welcome clarification for practitioners.

To date, UK businesses have had to consider two parallel systems for registered design rights: the UK registered design right under the Registered Designs Act 1949 (as amended) and the Community registered design right under EC Directive 6/2002/EC (the Community Designs Regulation). However, on September 24 2007, the European Community signed the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs, creating a third layer of registered design right protection. The UK had not previously been a signatory to the Hague Agreement, and so this is the first time that the Hague Agreement will apply to the UK, the EU implementing legislation (Commission Regulation 876/2007, amending Regulation 6/2002/EC ) being directly applicable in EU member states.

Interlocutory injunctions are an important part of any litigant’s armoury. Here, Peter Chalk of Blake Dawson explains the options available to IP owners in the Australian courts

The Australian government passed a series of amendments to the Trade Marks Act in October 2006. Brett Lewis and Sally Foreman of Davies Collison Cave explain how these changes affect trade mark prosecution

James Nurton and Emma Barraclough, London

The European Patent Office's biotechnology department handles some of the Office’s most complex - and controversial - patent applications. Siobhán Yeats, director of biotechnology at the EPO, spoke to Eklavya Gupte about stem cells, her meetings with Nobel Prize winners and the difficult issues facing her team

Seven years after the Community Trade Mark Office opened, the initial problems of excessive demand and staffing requirements have been tackled. Now, the Office is facing new challenges with the introduction of the Community Design, reform of the Trade Mark Regulation and next year's expansion of the EU

Marcos Morales of Silva & Cia in Santiago illustrates how the recent Free Trade Agreement between Chile and the US will affect IP rights and regulations in the two countries

Héctor Chagoya of Becerril, Coca & Becerril SC describes how Mexico has sought to adhere to international practices in protecting technology

Copyright contracting under Mexican law has developed in accordance with the principles of author's rights, on which the legal system has been framed. Luis C Schmidt explains the current state of play