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Daisy Wang and Roger Chang of Lee and Li outline the new IP litigation practice

A settlement agreement recorded before the Delhi High Court saw an undertaking from the defendants to deposit a sum of approx $13,000 to be used for charity towards underprivileged children. In addition, the defendants have undertaken to contribute their physical service for five hours per week for a period of six months to a charitable institution as part of the settlement agreement.

Traditionally, patent infringement litigation in Taiwan has been problematic. Yulan Kuo and Charles Chen of Formosa Transnational explain why this is no longer going to be the case

Candy K Chen of Tsai Lee & Chen offer advice for foreign applicants interested in design patent protection for their designs in Taiwan

Patents can provide valuable economic and commercial benefits to patent holders. However, defending against infringement often hinges on the strength of the patentee's evidence supporting the patented invention. Laboratory notebooks play a significant role in these litigations, so one must prepare every notebook as though it were the key to winning that multi-billion dollar verdict. To ensure that any notebook, if called upon, will compel a judge or jury to view it as authoritative supporting evidence, consider the following guidelines:

On September 1 2008, the German Act for the Improvement of the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights entered into force. It implements the European IP Rights Enforcement Directive (2004/48/EC; IPRED) and the London Agreement. Articles 8a and 8b relating to the latter are effective retroactively as of May 1 2008.

Professor John Duffy made three predictions about the patent system in Managing IP's first e-symposium last month

The Federal Circuit last month threw out the established test for design patent infringement in the US in what many are heralding as a long overdue shift in the design patent landscape

Managing IP's sixth annual review of the largest IP firms shows further growth - but also reveals some new names at the top of the rankings