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As European politicians consider fundamental reforms to patent protection, one of the key questions they have to address is how to make the system more efficient. In particular, some critics believe Europe needs to look to the US model to improve its effectiveness. In a special MIP debate, Koos Rasser argues that the European patent system as it exists today is substantially inferior to that of the US, while Simon Mounteney says that, though not perfect, Europe offers many benefits to applicants

To coordinate their actions in addressing the issue of CATV piracy in the Philippines, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), the government agency responsible for granting licences to install, operate and maintain radio/TV broadcast and CATV services, and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IP Philippines) entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on June 16 2006. On April 2 2007, the Implementing Rules of the Agreement were promulgated through the Joint NTC-IP Philippines Memorandum Circular No 1 Series of 2007.

A recent case addressed what happens when an employer and employee dispute who owns an invention. We contrast the UK, German and Japanese approaches

The US Supreme Court's decision in KSR v Teleflex threatens to change the balance of power between patent owners and alleged infringers in the US. How has it been received by the USPTO and courts?

The US Trade Representative has highlighted Russia and China in its 2007 Special 301 Report

The UK's Court of Appeal has sent three questions to the European Court of Justice in a dispute over alleged dilution of the Intel trade mark

US beer maker Anheuser-Busch has won a victory over nine so-called shadow companies in Hong Kong using an approach other companies may now consider replicating

Interim injunctions are an effective way to protect IP rights in Turkey but they can be hard to get. By Okan Can of Deris Patents & Trademarks Agency A.S. and Deris Law Firm

It has long been accepted that the UK does not acknowledge image rights as a distinct legal concept. In the first half of a two-part article, Isabel Davies and Tom Scourfield look at the face of image rights in the UK following a recent House of Lords judgment

Recent cases in the US and Europe may make international arbitration a more attractive option in international IP disputes. Alan M Anderson and Christopher A Young explain why, and examine how arbitration can be effective for both parties