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? US: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has sealed more than twice the number of licensing deals than any of its rivals in the pharmaceutical industry, according to a new report by consulting firm Wood McKenzie, which found that GSK secured 83 licenses from 1988 to 2002. The second most successful companies, Aventis and Johnson & Johnson, had 44 deals each.

Executives should be aware of the possible connections between knowledge management and IP. Individual and organizational knowledge can be converted into IP rights, which can then be commercialized, explain Sharyn Ch’ang and Amanda Horne

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is set to reopen its patent challenge and antitrust complaint against pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline after a US court threw out an earlier attempt.

The Harvard oncomouse drew world attention to the issue of patentability of life forms. Pierre-André Dubois and Kate McCallie explore the divergent approaches of patent authorities in the US, Canada and the EU

? Australia: Gilbert & Tobin, the law firm, CyberResearch, a technology commercialization and investment adviser, and Intellectual Capital Management Group have launched realiseIP, a strategic intellectual asset management company, aimed at helping Australian companies "provide shareholders with greater return on investments, improve corporate governance, increase competitiveness and reduce the risk of costly IP infringement".

With the grand aim of creating the world's largest free trade market internally linked by free-trade agreements (FTAs) across nations, the US administration has taken up the role of protecting and upholding the free trade environment, (free of anti-competitive, anti-dumping, anti-trust among other features). The FTA with Singapore (being the first FTA with an Asian country), when negotiations are completed and the fine print agreed upon, will be a precedent upon which future FTAs with other countries will be based on.

Brazil, Canada, Mexico, United States

? Europe: The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has issued brochures to universities in 29 countries in Europe, South America, Asia and Australia outlining the legal and technological issues of online file-sharing networks.

Ingrid Hering, London

Despite the existence of the European patent, there is little cohesion between countries when it comes to enforcing or challenging patent rights.