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The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand is implementing some changes to patent practice in New Zealand that are worthy of mention.

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has published new procedures for opposition practice. These newest revisions replace the procedures effective October 1, 2007. The primary changes wrought by both the 2007 and 2009 procedures involve the grant of extensions of time for various components of the process.

Argentina

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The Netherlands and Belgium have well-established systems for IP enforcement. And, explain Armand Killan and Jean-Christophe Troussel of Bird & Bird, they have been enhanced by the implementation of the IP Enforcement Directive

Copyright owners in the UAE may, before commencing action against service providers residing in the US, have ways to settle potential disputes with those service providers.

Owners of trade marks face a difficult choice when they learn that their products have been counterfeited and are being sold in Malaysia.

Austria

IP-related disputes in Taiwan used to be dealt with using a two-pronged resolution mechanism: the Court heard an infringement litigation action, but an invalidation proceeding, if initiated by the defendant as a counter measure, was handled by the Intellectual Property Office. Furthermore, in a civil litigation action related to patent infringement, if an invalidation proceeding was initiated, the litigation action would be suspended pending a final decision on the invalidation proceeding. In such cases, the infringement litigation action was often delayed by the invalidation proceeding, and thus, the damage suffered by any truly injured party could not be addressed quickly.

Parallel imports have been a burning issue for Russian importers for the past year. At different times in the past, several laws were adopted (Trade Mark Law, Code of Administrative Offences, Customs Code) that completed the legislative structure dealing with parallel imports. And Russian Customs, pressed by the government for better enforcement at the border, became exceptionally active in identifying parallel goods. So, the beginning of last year saw an avalanche of inquiries from Customs asking trade mark owners for their opinion with regard to parallel import consignments.