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A monthly column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam - who received the world's first recorded patent in 1449

The Russian company Vershina Ltd obtained a figurative trade mark registration (number 327563) vaguely reminiscent of a stylized picture of the US bomber Northrop B2. The index on the picture is however a B52 pertaining to a Stratofortress bomber. In the application filed for registration, the applicant did not mention the resemblance to a specific aircraft or make any reference to aviation in general but the designation B52 is all too familiar to the Russian public even though the profile of the aircraft is different and is more like the B2 Stealth bomber.

"I work for a global company doing business in China. We have a problem with counterfeiters and I am not sure what is the best way to enforce my trade marks." Responses from a lawyer, in-house counsel and investigator

The new Portuguese Industrial Property Code, approved by Decree-Law 143/2008 of July 24, came into force on October 1 2008.

On the last session day, October 8 2008, the Philippine Senate ratified the controversial Agreement Between the Republic of the Philippines and Japan for Economic Partnership (JPEPA). This agreement was signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and then by Japan Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on September 9 2006, and required the ratification of the parliaments of both countries. Japan quickly approved it in December 2006. Having been objected to by different sectors, it took longer to obtain the agreement of the Senate. The JPEPA is the first bilateral economic pact for the Philippines, and was designed after the Japan-Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement (JSEPA), the first bilateral economic partnership agreement entered into by Japan and considered as a means to promote the economic relations of Japan with other ASEAN countries.

Liu Shen & Associates, Beijing

EGYP, Paris

Enforcing a patent in Korea can be an actionable tort. Young Hill Liew and Cheol Hwan Kim of Yulchon review recent decisions and explain how patent owners can avoid the pitfalls

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