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    Indonesia opens for IP business
    Indonesia’s government is trying to improve the country’s much-maligned IP system. Brett McGuire explains the challenges that it must overcome
    Managing IP Correspondent, May 01 2010
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    Filing a corresponding application
    In the Singapore patent system, there are a number of search and examination options available to proceed to grant. One option is to request examination based on a search report of a corresponding application. Alternatively, applicants may rely on the final results of a search and examination as to substance of a corresponding application. The concept of a corresponding application is therefore important in pursuing these search and examination options.
    Managing IP Correspondent, April 30 2010
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    What users really think of trade mark offices
    Trade mark offices are the gatekeepers between IP owners and a successful trade mark application. But which are doing the best job? John Olsen and Nicholas Bolter present the findings of a survey
    Managing IP Correspondent, April 30 2010
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    Trade mark squatters defeated
    German company Daimler AG filed a cancellation action against Russian trade mark registration 272644 of March 6 2003 due to non-use registered in the name of an unknown Russian company. This was a seemingly routine case but not for the subject matter of the trade mark. It is a verbal mark Maibach. A very similar trade mark (Maybach) is much more familiar than the name of the Russian company which registered the slightly different mark.
    Managing IP Correspondent, April 30 2010
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    An error in novelty
    It is established case law that the content of the disclosure of a prior art document is constituted not only of the words actually used but also what the publication reveals to the skilled reader as a matter of technical reality. In a recent case (Ratiopharm v Eli Lilly) the court of the Hague ruled that when a prior art document contains prima facie an error, the document does not need to be ignored but may still be used if the correction of the error is directly and unambiguously evident.
    Managing IP Correspondent, April 30 2010
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    Trade mark opposition rules put in place
    On March 9, the Implementing Regulation of the Italian Code of Industrial Property Rights was published. This Regulation has been eagerly awaited since 2005, since (among other changes) it finally provides the procedural rules concerning opposition procedures against the registration of Italian trade marks and international trade marks designating Italy.
    Managing IP Correspondent, April 30 2010
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    Madrid Protocol and football leagues
    In a much-waited development, Israel is to accede to the Madrid Protocol on September 1 2010. This will make it easier and cheaper for foreign entities to register marks in Israel.
    Managing IP Correspondent, April 30 2010
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    Changes to Industrial Design Law proposed
    The Industrial Designs Law in Malaysia, which is governed by the Industrial Designs Act 1997 and the Industrial Designs Regulations 1999, is likely to be substantially changed in 2010 or 2011. There was no recorded amendment to the legislation in 2009. However this year, the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) has initiated a review of the designs law with IP practitioners and industry practice groups.
    Managing IP Correspondent, April 30 2010
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    Is non-medical surgery patentable?
    Methods for treatment of the human body by surgery are generally excluded from patentability under Article 53(c) EPC. In decision G01/07, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office recently decided on a referral putting forward several questions concerning the patentability of methods of treatment of the human body by surgery, especially in a case where the treatment itself, although including a significant physical intervention on the body, is not of a curative nature per se.
    Managing IP Correspondent, April 30 2010
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    Tort Law clarifies ISP liability
    For the first time, China has a specific law on tort. Passed on December 26 2009, the Tort Law will come into effect on July 1 2010.
    Managing IP Correspondent, April 30 2010
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