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Recent cases demonstrate a lack of consistency in the application of copyright law in China, say Yihong Ying and Ling Jin, particularly affecting graphic user interfaces. Draft reform will only lend limited aid

IP has an image problem, particularly among young people. Three recent campaigns have taken rather different approaches

The top 10 life science litigators in the US, as compiled by Managing IP. Read how, why and with what success each of these 10 men and women got into patent litigation, as told to Karen Bolipata and Phillip Bausk

Most co-marketing and co-promotion deals in developed markets fail within five years. Richard Bird and Ma Ya explain how to structure deals that will succeed in China

A few simple steps could prevent you losing the rights to a valuable trade mark in China, say Zhu Zhigang and Paul Ranjard. They include a notarised contract, an exclusive licence and strategic discretion

While we're all debating how websites that aid the sharing of copyright-infringing content should be controlled, we might as well have some fun, right? It was in this spirit that Utynam read file-sharing website PirateBay's response to a cease and desist letter from games company EA. And it is the spirit in which he reproduces some of it here. Because it is very funny.

Office actions are issued by the Thai Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) on grounds of non-distinctiveness or identical/similar character to a well-known and/or registered mark. However, the procedure for evaluating the response is different from other jurisdictions, making Thailand a difficult territory for IP protection.

Article 10.2 of the Taiwan Fair Trade Act stipulates that no monopolistic enterprise can improperly set, maintain or change the price for goods or the remuneration for services. If a royalty agreement is deemed a violation of that article by the Supreme Administrative Court in a dispute, does the agreement still have legal effect?

Two decisions by the newly established Swiss Federal Patent Court have made clear the Court's position that a plaintiff's request for a cease-and-desist order shall not consist of the wording of the patent claim. The Court confirms the view of the Swiss Federal Court that the subject matter of the infringing procedure is the question of whether the defendant's product with its specific structural or method details uses the claimed technical teaching of the patent.

An applicant recently filed a trade mark application for Библейский Хлеб (Biblical Bread) in Cyrrilic. The Patent Office rejected the application, the decision was appealed at the Chamber of Patent Disputes and the Chamber sided with the examiner of the Patent Office. One of the reasons for rejection was that the designation Библейский Хлеб indicates a certain product and the composition of the product used by many bakeries in Russia. The decision of the Chamber also explained that the claimed designation has a marked religious connotation. The Bible is a sacred book and the use of the associated word for marking any goods may mean that consumers think those goods are produced by persons who have a direct connection to some religion.