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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.

Thailand officially became a member of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (Paris Convention) on August 2 2008, making it the 173rd state to be party to the Convention. The accession to the Paris Convention will have two primary advantages.

New deals between big pharma and academic institutions raise questions about IP ownership and patent strategies. Zöe Clyde-Watson examines how to avoid entitlement disputes

Regulatory reform is needed to implement data package exclusivity rights, say Alejandro Luna and Juan Luis Serrano of Olivares

Article 368 of the Taiwan Code of Civil Procedure reads: "a party may move the court for an order for persevering any evidence that may be destroyed or its use in court may become infeasible, or with the consent of the opposing party; where necessary, a party who has legal interests in ascertaining the status quo of a matter or object may move for expert testimony, inspection or preserving of documentary evidence". This stipulation, aimed at providing the right holder with an effective tool to secure and preserve evidence so as to more readily fulfil the burden of proof, was recently invoked by the IP Court in the hearing of a motion for preservation of evidence filed prior to a possible utility model patent infringement lawsuit.

The law has struggled to keep up with internet developments. But, say Hoo Dong Lee, Boh Young Hwang and Sang Chul Jung of Bae, Kim & Lee LLC, recent court decisions and copyright law amendments are clarifying some questions in Korea

Dukkyu Choi of DK Choi & Partners discusses the registrability issues surrounding descriptive and suggestive marks

Due to a decree by the Federal Court of Tax and Administrative Affairs (FCTAA) published in the Mexican Official Gazette, a "Specialized Court on Intellectual Property Matters" was created.

The Court of Appeal in Malaysia in the case of Microsoft Corporation v Yong Wai Hong [2008] 3 MLJ 309, recently overturned the decision of the High Court and granted relief to Microsoft Corporation in the form of a perpetual injunction on a summary judgment application. The High Court's decision, from which this appeal stems from, had in fact disallowed Microsoft's application for a perpetual injunction on the basis that the respondent had raised triable issues in good faith and that a perpetual injunction ought not to be granted summarily.