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The ICANN Board adopted at its June 26 meeting policy recommendations on the introduction of new gTLDs. A final version of the implementation plan must be approved by the ICANN Board before the new process is launched. It is projected that the final version will be published in early 2009.

Managing IP's sixth annual review of the largest IP firms shows further growth - but also reveals some new names at the top of the rankings

Professor John Duffy made three predictions about the patent system in Managing IP's first e-symposium last month

EU member states last month agreed a deal that would cut the cost of Community trade marks by up to 40%

The Federal Circuit last month threw out the established test for design patent infringement in the US in what many are heralding as a long overdue shift in the design patent landscape

This month, Francis Gurry takes over the role of WIPO director general, as the world's only international organisation dedicated to intellectual property begins its recovery from a period of criticism and stagnation. In an exclusive interview, he discusses the challenges WIPO faces, the changes he will make and why he is the right man for the most important job in IP

The Supreme Court's eBay decision made it harder for patent trolls to obtain injunctions. Bas de Blank and Fabio Marino explain why the ITC may give them an escape route

Under the Korean Trademark Act, the registration of a trade mark can be cancelled if it is not used within three years of the date on which an interested party files a cancellation action based on non-use or if it is used in an improper manner by the trade mark owner or its licensee. Articles 73(1)(ii) (improper use by a registrant) and 73(1)(viii) (improper use by a licensee) can be a good weapon for famous mark owners to attack third parties that own a trade mark whose registered form may not be considered similar to the famous mark, but the form actually used is very similar.

In response to an investigation report the European Commission published in January of 2008, which demanded that Taiwan amend its Patent Act with respect to the conditions for compulsory licence, the Intellectual Property Office completed a draft amendment to the Patent Act intended to redefine and limit the conditions for compulsory licences, among others, and held the first public hearing on August 18 2008.

Due to the changes in the Singapore Patents Act, there is a requirement for examined claims for applications having a filing date on or after July 1 2004, at the time of paying the grant fee. In particular, it is required that each claim in an application is related to at least one claim that has been examined and referred to in an examination report relied upon. Under section 2(4)(a) of the Singapore Patents Act, the definition of one claim being related to another claim is if the two claims are identical or (A) each limitation in the second claim is identical to a limitation in the first claim or (B) differs from a limitation in the first claim only in expression but not in content.