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Rebekah Gay of Shelston IP Lawyers argues that the innovation patent system may not be achieving what its creators set out to do

A recent decision of the High Court of Australia has helped to clarify the scope of contributory patent infringement in Australia, say Robynne Sanders and J Roger Green of Watermark

Australia's courts provide an effective and efficient way for rights owners to enforce their rights. Jackie O'Brien and Anna Burkhardt of Allens Arthur Robinson outline the options

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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

On March 6, the Supreme Court of The Netherlands (Hoge Raad) issued two decisions in patent cases.

The Canadian Patent Office is currently undertaking an extensive review of the Patent Rules. Among changes proposed is an amendment related to section 6, which currently states that for the purpose of prosecuting or maintaining an application, the Commissioner shall only have regard to communications received from the authorised correspondent which, when appointed, is the patent agent. This has been found to be problematic in circumstances where the Office has received clear instructions from an agent, but could not give consideration to the instructions since the agent was not appointed as the authorised correspondent.

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.

China now has more applications for design patents annually than any other country in the world. But only a small number are generated by foreign companies. Hao Qingfen and Xu Jing of Dragon IP in Beijing give guidance on how foreign companies could better utilise the Chinese patent system

The rules governing design patents are about to change for the better, according to Scott Zhang, a partner at Kangxin Partners. He explains the implications of the impending changes