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Managing IP sat down with lawyers from Finnegan, trade mark survey specialists and TTAB representatives to find out more about the latest rules for litigating trade mark disputes in the US

Indonesia’s government is trying to improve the country’s much-maligned IP system. Brett McGuire explains the challenges that it must overcome

The Court of Justice’s nuanced ruling in a dispute over the use of trademarked keywords answered some questions and raised others. Susanne Mellqvist and Maria Lagergren of Valea analyse the decision

The recent decisions issued by the Trade Mark Re-Examination Committee of the Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (SOIT) in the three cases Limo v Voslauer Biolimo, subject to appeal pending with the 5th Civil Section of the Bucharest Tribunal, will have an important impact on the question of Limo trade mark distinctiveness for products in class 32, and may represent an important instrument to be taken into account by OHIM when deciding upon the pending oppositions filed by the owner of the Limo trade mark against Community and international trade mark applications containing this term.

Norway's new Trade Mark Act is expected to enter into force on July 1 2010. The new Act mainly represents a modernisation of the old Act and codification of existing case law, but a f ew important practical aspects of the new Act should be noted.

Indran Shanmuganathan and Chew Chui Yiang of Shearn Delamore set out the rules protecting well-known trade marks in Malaysia

Jerry Yulin Zhang of Haiwen & Partners explains how China’s tax system is relevant to the fight against counterfeiting

Counterfeit sellers have become far more sophisticated in the way they appeal to consumers. But there are still plenty of ways to tackle the trade in knock-offs, say Julia Gard, Karen McGee and Olivia Fleming of Barnes & Thornburg

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.

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.