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The EU could accede to the Madrid Protocol within a year, if the Council of Ministers adopts a proposal made last month.

Further to the Law of Ukraine On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Intellectual Property Protection adopted on May 22 2003, significant amendments have been introduced to the Law of Ukraine On Protection of Rights in Inventions and Utility Models (the Patent Law).

Trade dress is an important, but often overlooked, way to protect your IP assets. Anessa Owen Kramer explains how to obtain protection in the US, and reviews some recent cases

US courtrooms are becoming temples to technology as litigators use videos, CD-ROMs and e-mail to argue their case. Ingrid Hering reports

On July 24 2003 the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) issued the new Implementing Measures for Administrative Penalties on Copyright Infringement, effective September 1 2003, to replace the earlier measures issued in 1997. The Measures aim to make the provisions consistent with those of the new Copyright Law and Copyright Implementing Regulations which underwent substantial amendments in 2001 and 2002 respectively. Moreover, they supplement the Law and the Implementing Regulations so as to make them more operable when it comes to administrative enforcement of copyright. The major changes are as follows.

National IP offices will never be good enough in the eyes of their users. Rights applicants believe applications can always be dealt with quicker, cheaper and more efficiently. The commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office tells Ralph Cunningham how his organization is addressing these issues

Alvaro Cabeza and Paz Martín examine how the Spanish courts have tackled trade mark and copyright disputes involving the internet, and ask what lessons have been learned for rights owners

Seven years on from the opening of the Community Trade Marks Office, the European courts have clarified many of the controversial issues faced by applicants. Pen Hosford, of Marks & Clerk in London, examines the most important cases

Three international law firms have closed their Hong Kong IP groups already this year. But, despite fundamental changes in the IP market, the mood is not one of doom and gloom. Practitioners are still looking forward to the future with optimism. Ralph Cunningham reports

Alain Coriat and Ricardo Fischer of Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque in Venezuela tackle the misconception that globalization and IP protection is detrimental to developing countries