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  • According to Article 130 of Mexican Industrial Property Law, a trade mark must be in continuous and uninterrupted use for at least three consecutive years from the date when the registration is granted. If use of a mark does not commence within this period of time, the mark will become vulnerable to a cancellation action due to non-use which can be brought by any third party with a legal interest. This legal action is brought before the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI).
  • The government of Cape Verde is preparing to introduce modern industrial property laws. The new legislation will repeal a Portuguese Code of 1940 which had applied to Cape Verde but had fallen into disuse. In preparation for the new system, the processing of trade mark registrations under the old Code has been temporarily revived.
  • Entitlement disputes under the UK Patents Act have recently undergone something of a revival with several cases reaching the courts. Interestingly though, Patent Office figures reveal that the number of entitlement disputes filed before the Patent Office has remained steady over recent years as has the number of cases referred from the Patent Office to the UK courts. Why then is everyone discussing entitlement disputes under UK law?
  • Ian Finch and David Marriott of James & Wells laud New Zealand's virtues as a test market for IP litigation cases, or to test the strength of patents and trade marks
  • The Federal Court has clarified its approach to patent infringement, but designers still face uncertainty over the protection of their designs, say Linda King and Rebekah Gay of Shelston IP
  • Peter Hallett of Watermark identifies the pitfalls of drafting a trade mark licence agreement in Australia, and explains how to avoid them
  • Albert Terry of Griffith Hack discusses how the Bavaria case addressed the geographical significance issue in Australia
  • IBM does it, so do Sun and Google. Even Microsoft is making positive noises about open source. Whether as a software developer or a software user, you need to understand open source and why it has the potential to change the way you handle IP. James Nurton reports
  • The US Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit may be on a collision course after the higher forum reprimanded the lower and curtailed its powers in patent cases. James Nurton and Sam Mamudi report
  • The Industrial Designs Act 1996 of Malaysia (IDA) was passed in September 1996 and is expected to come into force on September 1 1999. The IDA will introduce an independent regime for the protection of industrial designs in Malaysia repealing existing legislation which allows for the automatic protection of industrial designs obtained in the UK under the UK Designs Act 1949.