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Argentine Law No 24,766 (the Confidentiality Act) regulating the protection of test data does not offer effective data protection, making it inconsistent with the TRIPs agreement.

An item in the Mail & Guardian newspaper recently reported that a troop of baboons had discovered a new citrus variety in the Western Cape, South Africa. Alwyn van der Merwe, production director of ALG Estates near Citrusdal – 200km north of Cape Town – said that year after year the farm has been struck by a troop of baboons, which descended from the mountain. The troop always selected one tree among thousands in one of their orchards and devoured all the fruit before the season really got going. At closer inspection they discovered that the brix [sweetness grade] of this particular minneola, a soft citrus variety, was much higher than the rest of the orchard and that it started bearing fruit at least three weeks earlier than expected. Apparently, ALG Estates has set about developing this new variety.

The UK, Russia and China have new laws on bribery and other countries are increasing enforcement. But when do they affect IP, or even a nice client lunch? Local lawyers give their views

The L’Oréal v eBay judgment helps brand owners who want to stop the sale of infringing goods online, but leaves considerable discretion to national courts in Europe, according to trade mark practitioners

Managing IP reveals its selection for the annual Top 50, with an emphasis this year on individuals rather than institutions: bloggers, artists, litigants and campaigners

One-hundred-and-eight law professors have signed a letter opposing the Protect IP Act, calling it “draconian” and in violation of the US constitutional right to free speech

US and Canadian judges yesterday approved the $4.5 billion sale of Nortel patents to a group of buyers including Apple, Microsoft, RIM and Sony.

Mr Justice Arnold referred 10 questions to the CJEU in L’Oréal v eBay. Managing IP scores the fight nine-one in favour of brand owners

Lawyers have welcomed the elevation of judges Lewison and Kitchin to the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Sir Kim Lewison and Sir David Kitchin will move from the High Court, Chancery Division, in part to replace the gap left by Sir Robin Jacob, who is now a professor at University College London. Both have heard a large number of IP cases at the High Court.

US government officials believe they have "worked very hard to shut down rogue websites" a year after they introduced an initiative to clamp down on IP theft. This was the message from Erik R Barnett, assistant deputy director at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), ahead of last month's anniversary of the Operation in Our Sites programme. The operation, which targets internet counterfeiting and piracy, was initiated on June 30 2010 by the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) – the arm of ICE that deals with IP theft.