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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 Indian courts’ approach to preliminary injunctions, particularly in pharma patent cases, is gradually becoming clearer and more consistent. Hemant Singh explains how patent owners should approach them

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 number of internet users in Croatia in 2010 was 2,244,400 or 50% of the population according to the ITU. That perecentage grew from 32.9% in 2006. As of June 30 2012 there were 2,656,089 internet users in Croatia, 59.2% of the population.

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

The Supreme People's Court (SPC) recently rendered a retrial judgment No (2012)-Minshenzi-1544, giving direction on the trials of complicated IP cases and providing guidance on the judicial policy.

Article 76(1) EPC states that a European divisional application shall be filed directly with the European Patent Office (EPO) in accordance with the Implementing Regulations. Rule 36(2) EPC specifies that the divisional application shall be filed with the EPO in Munich, The Hague or Berlin. The filing of a European divisional application with a national patent office is therefore not allowed by the EPC.

The Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology held several hearings between May 2012 and February 2013 to study the impact of the IP regime on innovation in Canada. A Report of the Committee was issued in March 2013.

Beginning March 1 2012, copyright owners would have the opportunity to notify the Controller of Copyright of their copyrighted works. Pursuant to the newly added section 26A of the Copyright Act 1987, a copyright owner in any copyrightable work, an assignee, licensee or person having been granted interest in the copyright or the author of the work himself or the author's representative who elects to notify the Controller under this "voluntary notification" scheme are required to provide the name, address and nationality of the copyright owner; a statutory declaration as to the position of the applicant for copyright notification; the category of the work; the title of the work; the name of the author and if the author is dead; the date of the author's death (if known); the date and place of the first publication (in the case of a published work) and any other information as the Minister may determine.