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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 first term of registration of a trade mark in China is 10 years counting from the date of expiry of the three-month opposition period. For a trade mark application subject to opposition, it usually takes a few years for a decision to be rendered by the China Trade Mark Office (CTMO) and a longer period if the decision is subject to review by the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB), and further appeal to the court. By the time TRAB or a court issues a decision allowing registration of the trade mark in issue, its first term of registration may have already expired.

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

Parallel imports continue to boggle people's minds. The February case involving Porsche Cayenne (where Customs lost the case and the Porsche car was ordered by the court to be released) seems to have tipped the balance in favour of importers and more goods are released by some courts though others still issue judgments in favour of Customs and confiscate the goods. Still there are certain overtones to the issue.

Letter to the editor, from Steven Bennett and David Kappos, IBM

Practitioners have welcomed a UK House of Lords decision to uphold Lundbeck's patent for escitalopram

Patent reform is back on the agenda in Congress. But, says Eileen McDermott in New York, industry remains divided - especially over how to calculate damages