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A counterfeit crackdown has prompted violent protests in Beijing. Janice Qu reports

In the recent Court of Appeal decision of SV Beverages Holdings Sdn Bhd & Ors v Kickapoo (M) Sdn Bhd, justices Gopal Sri Ram, Heliliah and Ahmad Maarop reviewed a High Court decision allowing an interlocutory injunction.

From pharmaceuticals to telecoms, software and even copyright licensing, antitrust authorities are clamping down on abuses of IP rights. James Nurton, Eileen McDermott and Peter Ollier examine why IP is under scrutiny and discuss some pending cases and investigations

The US Federal Trade Commission's campaign against reverse payments between innovator pharmaceutical companies and generics stepped up a gear last month

Patent protection and enforcement can be a complex undertaking in Latin America. Eileen McDermott asked corporate and private practice IP professionals from four different countries, as well as one WIPO official, to discuss key issues and strategies for patent owners seeking to do business in the region

Trade mark practitioners have broadly welcomed last month's opinion by the European Court of Justice on comparative advertising and trade mark infringement

Peter van Essen of Nederlandsch Octrooibureau examines the impact of a recent Dutch case that provides lessons on patent invalidity actions

On February 4 2009, Vietnam issued Circular no 22/2009/TT-BTC providing new official fees for obtaining and maintaining IP rights. Circular 22 will enter into effect on March 21 2009 and replaces the fee schedule issued in 2004.

Peter Ollier introduces the Managing IP trade mark survey results, and looks at how a proposed trade agreement could help tackle global counterfeiting and piracy

• US: Microsoft issued 10,000th patent Microsoft received its 10,000th US patent last month, a milestone the company said highlights its goal of obtaining enough patents to maximise the value of its R&D efforts, while still focussing on patent quality over quantity. Addressing the considerably higher number of patents owned by competitor IBM, Microsoft's chief patent counsel Bart Eppenauer said: "We really focus on trying to achieve the right balance. What matters is that our portfolio remains strategically in line with our business model." Last month, IBM became the first company to be issued more than 4,000 US patents in one year, surpassing the total number of patents earned by Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Apple, EMC, Accenture and Google combined.