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Electronic filing is the future. The European Patent Office’s new website offers that and much, much more. James Nurton takes a sneak preview at epoline.org

Biotechnology and e-commerce have raised the demand for and created a shortage of specialized IP attorneys in the US. Law firms are under pressure to raise recruitment levels and reduce attrition. Tabitha Parker investigates

Illegal exemptions to music royalty collection in the US are costing European performers $20 million dollars a year.

Russia's trade mark community has intensified pressure for tougher legislation to crack down on counterfeiting despite several legislative changes in recent months. A new Code of Administrative Offences, which comes into force on July 1, strengthens civil penalties for trade mark infringement, including the unprecedented provision for the seizure of counterfeit goods.

John Olsen With four months to go before the latest changes to the Nice Classification come into effect, concern is growing about the impact of the reforms on existing trade marks.

Singapore's government could soon consolidate the way that it regulates medicines and other health-related products. At the moment, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Singapore's equivalent of the US Food And Drug Administration (FDA), regulates medicines and other health-related products. The HSA's powers are contained in a wide variety of legislation, such as the Medicines Act, the Poisons Act, the Sale of Drugs Act and the Medicines (Advertisement and Sale) Act. Through these laws, the HSA controls the manufacture, import, distribution, promotion and sale of health-related products in Singapore.

In June 2003, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling limiting the claims of ownership over a creative work. Joseph M Beck examines how that decision has shaped IP case law over the past two years

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has dealt a further blow to weak trade marks. In a ruling on September 15, the Court upheld the rejection of an application for a figurative mark comprising the word BioID. written in a bold Arial typeface for goods in classes 9, 38 and 42.

The manner in which corporations develop and manage their IP software has changed considerably over the past few years. Long gone are the days when the focus was simply filing data and managing due dates. Today there is a more proactive approach to IP management, which, in turn, has set new standards and challenges for IP professionals.