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Mexico’s drug regulators are preparing to issue new rules on biocomparable drugs. Alejandro Luna and Juan Luis Serrano of Olivares & Cia explain what patent owners can expect to see

In the past six months, India’s judicial authorities have clarified how the country’s amended patent law should be applied to applicants and opponents. Gitika Suri and Sandeep Kumar Bhola of Anand and Anand review two recent decisions

The Singapore Patents Act defines a patentable invention as one that is novel, inventive and capable of industrial application. Like most jurisdictions in the world, Singapore adopts an absolute novelty requirement. For an invention to be novel in Singapore, it must not form part of the state of the art. The Act defines the state of the art as follows:

We had reported in the May issue a decision of the Federal Supreme Court that held that the consent of a patent owner is necessary for the registration of a patent licence with the Office on request of the licensee, and that the Office must involve the patent owner in the proceedings for registration.

Trade mark protection under Polish Criminal Law is guaranteed by the following legal acts:

Since last year's Americas IP Focus went to press, the law has evolved rapidly. Perhaps most internationally relevant was the US Supreme Court's June decision in Bilski v Kappos, which changed the criteria for determining patent eligible subject matter in the US and reinforced the country's commitment to allowing patents on business methods and software. It will be years before the true impact of that decision is known – as the lower courts and the USPTO attempt to define what constitutes an abstract idea and how much weight the machine-or-transformation test should still hold.

Australian courts have recently considered the registrability of single-colour trade marks.

National IP offices in Europe no longer simply examine patents and grant trade marks. Many are offering a range of add-on services. So what can they offer you? Emma Barraclough and Simon Crompton report

A distinction between lawyers and patent agents in Canada has caused uncertainty as to whether foreign attorneys’ communications with their clients will be privileged in Canadian courts. Alex Stack explains the implications

Managing IP lists the patent firms filing the most PCT applications in the 14 biggest markets