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Li Jian, a judge in the IP division of the Supreme People's Court provides a guide to China's system of civil litigation and explains how recent developments will affect plaintiffs and defendants in IP lawsuits

The snappily titled The Performances (Moral Rights etc) Regulations 2006 will help us all answer the question "Who is that singer?" and avoid the comment "Oi, that's my recording you're mucking about with!"

Recent disputes between research-based pharma companies and generics have addressed the viability of use patents in PMNOC proceedings. Bill Richardson of McCarthy Tétrault LLP examines the cases and asks whether the Regulations need to be changed

As the use of celebrities to promote products and services booms, Jeff Van Hoosear of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP looks at some examples of successful licensing deals, and outlines the legal issues that must be considered in any successful agreement

Changes to Mexico's franchise law are set to create more legal security for franchises in the future. Abraham Diaz Arceo of Olivares & Cia has a detailed look at the benefits and some of the drawbacks

Several changes to Argentina's IP laws guarantee rights owners better protection and enforcement against infringements. Federico Aulmann of Obligado & Cia explain

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear: the winning formula

Rainforest Coffee Products Pte Ltd (RCPPL), which was held to have infringed the RAINFOREST CAFÉ trade mark of Rainforest Café, Inc (RCI) under the repealed Trade Marks Act (Cap 332, 1992 edition) by the High Court last year, has failed in its appeal to the Court of Appeal (see the December 1999 issue of MIP under the same column for our report on the High Court decision).

As a bilingual country, Canada presents special opportunities and hazards to trade mark owners. Monique Couture explains how a new test has been developed by the courts to judge confusion

The US and Singapore governments are near to formally signing the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA). The USSFTA is the first of its kind that the US has entered into with a country in Asia since the US Congress passed the Trade Act of 2002. The US has entered into few other bilateral free trade agreements with countries, including Jordan and Israel, aside from its multilateral free trade partners Canada and Mexico in the North America Free Trade Agreement. Singapore has also only entered into a few other free trade pacts, including with Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the European Free Trade Association.