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Customs control represents a critical element in the battle to protect intellectual property rights globally. The General Administration of Customs is seeking for enhanced cooperation with right holders, as Paul Ranjard, Huang Hui and Zhu Zhigang from the Wan Hui Da IP Agency explain

The utility model patent represents a faster and cheaper way of registering a patent. But few foreign firms use them. Stephen Yang, a patent attorney and a partner with Peksung Intellectual Property, explains their benefits

In the absence of regulation governing issues surrounding declaratory judgments for non-infringement, judgments of prior cases must be used as a guide. Qing Ge of Liu Shen & Associates in Beijing attempts to navigate the legal complexities that surround this issue

Patent infringement court proceedings are the most common type of patent case to go to court in China. Yi Wenhui and Liu Yungui from Hylands Law Firm explain the processes used, the time such cases take, their costs and the potential damages

Copyright protection in New Zealand is governed by the Copyright Act 1994. The New Zealand Government recently passed a number of controversial amendments to this Act in an effort to bring it up to speed with emerging advances in digital technology and to deal with the massive problem of copyright infringement on the internet.

The IP High Court has reversed a Tokyo District Court decision in a groundbreaking decision for Japanese broadcasters. The case pitted KK Digital Kaden against the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and ten other broadcasting companies, plaintiffs-respondents.

In recent years the Italian Patent and Trade Mark Office has seen an increase in efficiency mainly due to a reorganisation of the work process and the introduction of online filing systems.

Countries trying to tackle the menace of counterfeit drugs are taking various steps to check the entry of unauthorised drugs. However one problem arising from this is that counterfeit drugs are defined differently in various jurisdictions. Many countries consider products that are not registered there as being counterfeit.

The Federal Court of Australia, in Sunnyfield Association v Cronk [2009] FCA 33, recently provided further evidence that the fair basis requirement in Australia is being interpreted more liberally. Fair basis is analogous to the European requirement of sufficiency of description. A more liberal approach in this area is likely to benefit patentees, and that was certainly the case here, where the court upheld decisions of the Commissioner of Patents to reject oppositions filed against the grant of each of two accepted patent applications.

Top copyright firms ranked in 19 jurisdictions. Plus: Eileen McDermott explores some areas in which the internet has highlighted a need for change in copyright law