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Fernando Rosales-Vázquez educates applicants and petitioners to the Mexican IP office about an important amendment to procedures

As licensing becomes a more attractive prospect for trade mark owners, Jean-Philippe Mikus urges licensors to take heed of Canadian legislation and case law governing licence validity

Deborah Portilho discusses use requirements in Brazil and how companies can circumvent an increasingly crowded trade mark Register

Carlos O Mitelman and Daniel R Zuccherino provide an overview of some important developments in Argentinean IP law

With the appointment of former IBM VP and assistant general counsel David Kappos as the new director of the USPTO, the US – and perhaps global – IP community has something to cheer about this year. Kappos has a tough job ahead of him, but most seem confident in his abilities and are excited by his 20 years of experience in the patent world. In the editorial introduction to the 2009 edition of the Americas IP Focus, we track Kappos' road to the USPTO and report on the reaction to some of his first public promises to the IP community.

Former IBM VP and assistant general counsel David Kappos was sworn in as the new director of the USPTO on August 7. While he has been embraced by the IP community, he faces a host of challenges, including a major funding crisis sparked by a sharp drop in filings. Eileen McDermott reports

Gabriela Bodden and Aaron Montero advise on where to file, which markets to enter and what problems to be aware of when securing IP rights in Caribbean and Central American countries

Munford Page Hall, II advises IP owners how to work with Customs to make the most of the exclusion orders issued by the US International Trade Commission

Gregory V Novak, James Murphy and Suni Sukduang discuss ways to employ the reexamination process to an accused infringer's advantage

Yumari Torres de Guerra and Deborah Guzmán I. provide an update on the state of IP rights and enforcement in the Dominican Republic