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A group of anti-counterfeit offices (Desks) will be established in nine non-EU countries within the next couple of months, thanks to a recent agreement between the Italian Ministry of Productive Activities and the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE).

Jeff Neuman is director of policy and intellectual property for Neulevel, which has the licence to run the new .biz top-level domain. He was formerly an attorney with Greenberg Traurig’s technology department, and also worked on ICANN’s working groups to develop the UDRP. James Nurton and Ralph Cunningham spoke to him during the INTA Conference in San Francisco in May.

Bruce A Lehman President, International Intellectual Property Institute Washington DC

Trade mark work in Europe is entering a period of consolidation as applications to OHIM level off. Now, reports James Nurton, Europe’s courts will have to grapple with the complicated issues arising from the Trade Mark Directive

March 4 2003

John Chong and Lee Tatt Boon, of Skrine & Co in Kuala Lumpur, reveal how trade trade mark rights can be enforced under Malaysia’s Trade Descriptions Act

Investment into Ukraine is increasing thanks to the growth of the free market. Antonina Pakharenko-Anderson, of Pakharenko & Partners in Kiev, explains how patent protection is secured

The Singapore-based company and trade mark applicant, Future Enterprises, has for the second time in less than a year faced opposition to its three marks comprising the words "MacTea", "MacNoodles" and "MacChocolate" together with a "device of an eagle" in class 30.

José Antonio Hernández and Patricia Koch of Herrero & Asociados review how courts have dealt with preliminary injunctions in Spain and provide some tips on what IP rights owners need to prove in order to obtain one

As a general rule in the UAE, there is no synchronization between the Economic Department and/or the Municipalities (which regulate the grant of trade licences and approval of trade names in the different Emirates) and the Trade Mark Registry in terms of clearing the trade names against the Trade Marks Registry's database prior to granting approvals. As a result, trade marks often compete with company names as identifiers of the origin of goods and services. A common belief is that these signs confirm similar rights to the owner or registrant.