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Peter Ollier, Hong Kong and Simon Crompton, London

Eileen McDermott, New York, Peter Ollier, Hong Kong, and Simon Crompton, London

On June 30 2010, the Taiwan IP Court delivered a first instance ruling on a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Dr G F Neumark Rothschild (professor emeritus of Columbia University) against two Taiwanese LED suppliers. The lawsuit was dismissed on the grounds that the based-upon Taiwanese invention patent number 41070, entitled, Process for Doping Crystals of Wide Band Gap Semiconductors (corresponding to US patent 4,904,618), was anticipated by a paper published in the May 1969 issue of Physical Review by Crowder et al entitled, "EPR and Luminescence Studies of Er+3 in Acceptor-Doped ZnTe". On the basis of a number of prior art references submitted by the defendants, the court ruled that Rothschild's patent should be deemed invalid.

During June this year, a delegation from Microsoft, Dell, Cisco, VeriSign and Symantec met with the Syrian president, Bashar Al Asad, as well as several ministers and business people. They also visited local universities. The purpose of the visit, according to the Wall Street Journal, was to woo Syria away from its strategic alliance with Iran by showcasing the benefits of US technology that would be available to Syria if US sanctions against it were lifted.

Shwetasree Majumder and Harsimran Kalra of Fidus Law Chambers consider whether it’s time for a legislative overhaul to stop the ambush marketing of sporting events

Dr Malathi Lakshmikumaran and Badri Narayanan of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (L&S) consider the changing face of patent law

Welcome to Managing IP's seventh India IP Focus. Not only is this year's edition by far the largest ever, with 20 articles, it is also the first to be published as a separate supplement. This move shows the increasing importance of intellectual property to companies doing business in India and also the increasing range of topics that IP owners need to be familiar with.

Shantanu Sahay of Anand and Anand Advocates, Delhi considers the continuing development of IP

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPPhil) is inviting comments from the public on its proposed amendments to the rules and regulations governing the proceedings in administrative complaints for violation of intellectual property laws (infringement, unfair competition, etc), as well as other suggestions. The IPPhil's objective is to shorten the time it takes to issue decisions.

Norway’s new Trade Mark Act entered into force on July 1 2010. The new Act mainly represents a modernisation of the old Act and codification of existing case law, but nevertheless introduces a few practically important changes worth mention.