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The Canadian Patent Office is currently undertaking an extensive review of the Patent Rules. Among changes proposed is an amendment related to section 6, which currently states that for the purpose of prosecuting or maintaining an application, the Commissioner shall only have regard to communications received from the authorised correspondent which, when appointed, is the patent agent. This has been found to be problematic in circumstances where the Office has received clear instructions from an agent, but could not give consideration to the instructions since the agent was not appointed as the authorised correspondent.

The Federal Circuit last month reversed a lower court ruling that said the USPTO did not have authority to promulgate rules on claims and continuations

Letter to the editor, from Steven Bennett and David Kappos, IBM

Patent protection and enforcement can be a complex undertaking in Latin America. Corporate and private practice professionals, and a WIPO representative, discuss strategies

Is IP given its due importance in your company? If not, say Andrew Watson and Jordan Hatcher, maybe it's time to stop being a blue personality, and become red or yellow

Businesses should not abandon IP securitisation because of the credit crisis. Instead, argues Stanley Lai, this financing method could make a comeback in Asia

Under the Singapore Patents Act, an applicant can select from a number of options when requesting local substantive examination. These include requesting a combined search and examination report or requesting local examination based on a search report established for a corresponding application or international application.

Parallel imports continue to boggle people's minds. The February case involving Porsche Cayenne (where Customs lost the case and the Porsche car was ordered by the court to be released) seems to have tipped the balance in favour of importers and more goods are released by some courts though others still issue judgments in favour of Customs and confiscate the goods. Still there are certain overtones to the issue.

The vital role of unfair competition law is widely recognised by most modern legal systems. Although there is no absolute definition of unfair competition, there is a general understanding of which types of conduct are considered incorrect or reprehensible.

Fasten your seatbelts. John M Carson, Alan Kessler and Hugh Dunlop explain how the PPH works in practice, and ask which applicants will most benefit from it