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Hoon Chang and Jongki Lee of Central International Law Firm outline changes in patent policies and the exploitation of patents through licensing

Judge Jean Claude Tron Petit serves as a magistrate on Mexico's Circuit Court for Administrative Matters, one of the deciding authorities for IP appeals. Eileen McDermott spoke with the judge about the court’s role and the challenges it faces

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

New Zealand has introduced legislation to provide greater protection to sponsors of important events from ambush marketing: the Major Events Management Act 2007.

On 15 September, during a meeting of the Administrative Council of the Office for the Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) it was decided to reduce by almost 40% the fees for the filing and the registration of Community trade marks (CTMs). The resolution will now be submitted to the EU Commission for definitive ratification, and the reduction of the fees could commence as soon as mid-2009.

Japanese giants, Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co. (Matsushita) brought opposition proceedings against the applicants, Pensonic Corporation Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian company that applied to register the mark Pensonic with the device of a letter P (trade mark no. T0503804C) for: "Electrical apparatus and instruments, radio and television receiving apparatus, tape and video recorders and combinations thereof, mechanisms for cassette and cartridge tape recorders, stereophonic sound reproducing apparatus and instruments, aerials, loud speakers, head-phones, microphones, radiogramaphones, sound amplifiers and parts and fittings, irons, electric steam irons, electric dry irons, electric flat irons, calculators; all being goods included in Class 9."

On September 1 2008 a new Act of Parliament has come into effect in Germany providing a considerable number of new and amended regulations on the enforcement of IP rights.

The battle against trade mark piracy in Argentina is being fought on two major fronts: 1) the marketing of counterfeit merchandise in fairs that do not comply with legal formalities, and 2) the import of counterfeit products through the borders.

Seventeen African countries have joined together to launch the Southern and East African Copyright Network (SECONET) under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). SECONET has been established to address issues relating to the promotion and protection of the creative industries, copyrights and the IP field in general.