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The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) will officially be opening a Singapore Office of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (WIPO Center) in January 2010. The WIPO Center is the first outside of Geneva and will be located at Maxwell Chambers in Singapore's International Dispute Resolution Center.

On December 7 2009, the Court of Appeals reversed the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Makati dated July 15 1998, finding Philippine Airlines (PAL), the country's national airline, guilty of infringing the patented shell designs of Sabine Koschinger, with award of nominal damages and attorney's fees of P70,000 (about $1,500). Koschinger was the owner of two industrial design patents (4271 and 4273) filed with the Intellectual Property Office (IPPhil) on May 31 1988 and issued on January 24 1989. She claimed that for its first class flight accommodations, PAL used table linen and placemats depicting her designs without her authority. From January to April 1988, PAL purchased its linens and placemats with Koschinger's shell design through the Philippine Trading International Corporation (PITC), but in May 1988 PAL stopped ordering from PITC and sourced it elsewhere.

Although grey goods, also known as parallel imports, are regulated under the Mexican Industrial Property Law (IPL), the IPL treats grey goods bearing trade marks very differently from those involving patents.

The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has proposed an amendment to the law governing copyright collective management organisations (CMOs). The draft amendment is expected to be implemented in 2010.

Countries from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have embarked on their first regional cooperation in intellectual property, specifically in patents, by introducing ASEAN Patent Examination Cooperation (ASPEC). There are eight participating IP offices from: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Once a search and examination report is issued by any of these countries, the applicant may use the report to file an ASPEC request in another member state. The report from the first IP Office will be used as a reference. However, the second IP Office is not obliged to adopt any of the findings or conclusions made by the first IP Office. At the moment, there is no additional fee to file ASPEC Request.

Article 29 of Law 3784/09 revises the provisions of the Unfair Competition Act regarding the limitations period for unfair competition claims.

In 2001, Australia introduced a new form of patent called the innovation patent system. Patents granted under this system have a term of eight years. Significantly, the innovation patent system allows for the grant of patents that would be considered obvious in the US or Europe. Having no obviousness test allows patent holders to exploit what would otherwise be considered a very weak patent.

Technology companies call on the European Commission to propose a pan-EU system of copyright levies

US and EU antitrust regulators have toughened their stance against deals between generic and originator drugs companies

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