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As US authorities are given greater funds to pursue IP infringement, Erica Portnoy and Peter Colosi argue that more companies should consider pursuing a criminal case

The Mexican Constitution was amended on June 6 2011, with the intention of obliging every authority in the country to respect human rights and international treaties. These amendments also included a need to reform the procedural law regulating the Amparo trial, through which constitutional challenges are brought.

The calculation of damages arising from patent infringement has changed considerably with the recent amendment to the Patent Law. The major changes are:

Does CLS Bank v Alice put software patents at risk? Erika H Arner and Lauren J Dreyer argue that despite the uncertainty caused by the divided Federal Circuit, there are some useful lessons from last month’s decision

In Argentina, under Article 35 of Law 24,481, patents are granted for a non-extendable term of 20 years counted from the application filing date.

Last month’s INTA Annual Meeting was opened by the entertaining Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys – and his cheerleaders. But there were many serious points for brand owners too. Simon Crompton, Peter Leung, James Nurton and Alli Pyrah present the highlights

The best of the Annual Meeting, from Dallas rodeos to cheerleader photos

One of the biggest changes in Australian patent and trade mark law, created and shepherded by the Australian Patent Office, has now taken effect.

Following the retirement of INTA executive director Alan Drewsen this summer, Spanish-born Etienne Sanz de Acedo will take over as chief executive officer from July 1. At present Sanz de Acedo is head of communications for OHIM. He spoke to Alli Pyrah about his goals for INTA and the challenges that lie ahead. My mother is French and my dad, who passed away, was Spanish. I started learning English at school and went to the UK many times during the summertime to practice. At OHIM, it was advantageous to be able to speak as many languages as possible. I had a passion for Italian so I spent five summers going to Italy and learning Italian.

Patents invalidated in CLS v Alice Court issues seven conflicting opinions USPTO responds In the wake of a narrow decision by the US Federal Circuit in CLS v Alice, lawyers are advising patent applicants how to adjust their strategies for protecting software innovations.