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A monthly column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam - who received the world's first recorded patent in 1449

At a meeting in November, EU member states will debate OHIM proposals on the establishment of a cooperation fund to be used to improve trade mark systems in Europe. James Nurton answers your questions about what the fund is and how it will work

Two years ago the USPTO, academics and some of the biggest companies in the US embraced the peer-to-patent project as a way of tackling mounting patent backlogs. In June the pilot scheme was suspended. So what happens next? Eileen McDermott investigates

Rahul Chaudhry and Sumit Wadhwa, of Lall Lahiri & Salhotra, compare litigation and administrative actions and discuss alternative avenues available

A recent action brought under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), in which Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP (CPLP) prevailed, demonstrates best practices for approaching ACPA actions. The case, Newport News Holdings Corp v Virtual City Vision, Inc, et al (ED Va 2009), involved NNHC, a women's clothing company that owns trade mark registrations for NEWPORT NEWS. The defendants registered the domain name NEWPORTNEWS.COM and initially used it as a virtual city website, but later transformed the website into one offering women's clothing.

Turkey plans to introduce new rules to enhance patent rights with its aim of becoming harmonised with the EU acquis communitaire. Turkey's Programme for Alignment with the Acquis (2007-2013) Chapter 7 makes a roadmap for harmonising patents with the acquis communitaire: under this roadmap, the patent bill pending for patents that are protected by Decree-Law is to be legislated from the perspective of membership of the EU.

Rakesh Bakshi, associate general counsel of Microsoft India, spoke with Peter Ollier about piracy, politics, software patents and his greatest achievement so far

A Russian citizen applied for the combination of letters GB against a white background, the lower part of letter B being highlighted in white (see illustration).

China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce has released a draft set of amendments to the country's Trade Mark Law.

Trade mark owners who want to stop other businesses from incorporating their marks into company names have a range of options open to them. Managing IP asked correspondents in six jurisdictions to outline the rules