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

Demand for patents over so-called green business methods is rising, just as standards of patent eligibility in the US have been significantly narrowed. Joseph Helmsen and Ritu Singh explain how to draft claims to meet the new test

Sidharth Chopra and J Sai Deepak of Saikrishna & Associates reflect on a busy year in India's courts, which will have ramifications for patent, trade mark and copyright owners

Pravin Anand and Dhruv Anand of Anand and Anand examine how IP has evolved in India over the past 30 years, focusing on legislation, the courts and other bodies, press coverage, teaching and training

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.

Mexico is one of the few countries in the world that does not offer the possibility of opposing a trade mark application, since such proceedings are not contemplated in Mexican Industrial Property Law.

On July 8 2009, the Court in The Hague decided on the question whether a patent owner still has the right to enforce his patent as a temporary measure, if the patent was revoked in first instance. This in view of the fact that the revocation could be overruled in the appeal proceedings.

Buying a brand from a company that is in financial trouble can be risky. But for purchasers who carry out proper due diligence, it can also be profitable. Sarah Anne Keefe explains how to do it in the US

Japan may be about to lose its reputation as a difficult jurisdiction for owners of non-traditional trade marks. Hiromichi Aoki explains what progress has been made