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If patents are to stand the test of litigation, they need to be of high quality. But how is that defined, and how can it be achieved? Cheryl Milone explains

Companies involved in disputes over patents that may be essential to a standard need to rethink their usual litigation strategies. Nicola Dagg and Eibhlin Murray explain why

Anuradha Salhotra of Lall Lahiri & Salhotra discusses copyright and domain name issues for IT, software and internet businesses

Prietika Siingh and Dheeraj Seth of Inttl Advocare discuss the registrability of well-known trade marks

Thanks to recent patent reforms and its pending membership of the Madrid Protocol, India is firmly part of the global IP system. But, as DIPP joint secretary V Bhaskar tells James Nurton, the country remains sceptical of further harmonisation as it seeks to balance IP protection and development

Since Vietnam's entry to the WTO, member countries have grumbled about Vietnam's seemingly toothless enforcement of IP rights. In recent years, however, Vietnam has made a strong commitment to encouraging more foreign investment and protection of IP is at the foundation of this cause. A recent decision issued by the Copyright Office of Vietnam (COV) highlights the country's commitment to protecting IPRs and may offer some peace of mind to both foreign and domestic businesses.

Greg Kalbaugh tells Peter Ollier about the work the US-India Business Council does to promote IP rights in India

AMexican company Hacienda de los Camichines SA failed to obtain a registration for Purple Label in Russia in respect of goods in class 33 (alcoholic beverages).

The Polish Patent Office refused to grant the protection of international registration to the trade mark Premium De-Luxe Nemiroff for alcoholic drinks, in particular vodka. The refusal was issued due to similarity to an earlier series of trade marks, Premium, owned by a well-known Polish spirits producer and destined to denominate vodka.

The Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (SOIT) has rejected a national combined trade mark application Slims EA, filed for registration for products in class 34 "unprocessed, semi-processed or processed tobacco; tobacco products; cigarettes; cigars and cigarillos; cigarette filters/cigarettes; articles for smokers; matches/lighters and ashtrays for smokers that are not made of precious metals" due to the conflict with the previous national combined trademark Eve, registered for products in class 34 "tobacco, raw or manufactured including cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco for roll your own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco; tobacco substitutes (not for medical purposes); smokers' articles, including cigarette paper and tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases and ashtrays not made of precious metals, their alloys or plated with such; pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes, lighters; matches".