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Peter Ollier introduces profiles of the 10 people from the region that made it into Managing IP’s list of the 50 most influential people in IP this year

Sergio Silva of Silva and Associates discusses the reasons for offshoring pharmaceutical patent translation tasks to Mexico

Despite its scope, few companies have registered for a European Community design since its launch. Three advocates describe their experiences

In June this year, Taiwan and China signed a "Cross-strait agreement on intellectual property rights cooperation and protection". The agreement was approved by the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan in August, and will come into effect after both sides have completed the respective announcement procedures.

In March this year we reported that a draft patent law was before the Cabinet and had been made available to the public on the Patent Office website. Since then further work has been done on the draft and it has moved closer to a document that may meet Syria's various international obligations and agreements, both present and future.

The precise legal situation when it comes to the protection of intellectual property in the Caribbean territories of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is probably in the blind spot of most Dutch patent and trademark attorneys. A recent constitutional reform seems a good occasion to set the legal framework straight.

Recently, a Romanian court issued an innovative decision retaining the defendant's bad faith in filing a sign for registration as trade mark, even though the claimant had no previous rights over the respective sign, and has only scarcely used the sign before the registration by the other party.

Until recently, article 239 IPC of law 99/2009 clearly prevented the possibility of enforcing copyright for works of design in Italy. In fact, it provided that copyright on a design was not enforceable against a party that prior to April 19 2001 (the date of entry into force of the Italian law on cumulative protection, with which Community Directive No 98/71/EC was implemented) had commenced the manufacture, offer and marketing of goods made in accordance with designs or models of public domain. In short, legitimacy was acknowledged of the conduct of those parties that had copied the works of design that had become public domain prior to April 2001 and the law permitted them to continue to do so, without any time limit.

Jon Parker of Rouse explains what the increase in internet use in the Middle East means for IP owners

Gladys Mirandah and David Reed of Patrick Mirandah Co (pmc) discuss third party opposition and invalidation