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At the end of our last report, we considered whether the Republic of Austria might be liable for damages if a court of last instance fails to comply with its obligation to file a referral to the ECJ concerning questions of Community Law.

Israel has increasingly become an important centre for conducting multinational clinical trials, with major pharmaceutical companies sponsoring trials in the country's many academic and medical facilities. With high-quality medical professionals and leading academics, in addition to a diverse population base and a modernized regulatory environment, Israel is an attractive venue for conducting clinical research.

Any business would be able to register gTLDs under proposals likely to be approved later this month

An Australian court has considered the issue of who owns IP generated by employees. Suzy Groom puts the decision in context

It has been just over three decades since the first biotechnology company - Genentech - was formed in 1976. Since then biotechnology has become a multi-billion dollar industry with ground-breaking products, based on original research. Eklavya Gupte examines five patents that have shaped the sector

The Argentine National Congress passed Act Number 26,355 on February 28 2008, which regulates collective trade marks (CTs).

Having been a Kenya advocate since 1969 and worn the traditional local kikoi long before that, I rejoice at the failure of The Kikoy Company UK Limited to register Kikoy in the UK for goods in class 25 (application number 2431257). According to my 1939-edition Swahili dictionary, kikoi means a "white loincloth with coloured border in cotton or silk". Since then white has ceased to be an essential colour and there are many patterns; the cloth rectangle has been tailored for many uses; and the garments have become known as kikoi far beyond east Africa. They are traded to tourists and in the international marketplace, by the applicant and others. Is it not axiomatic that the word is incapable of distinguishing the applicant's goods from those of others?

Eileen McDermott spoke to former USPTO solicitor and counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Patent Reform Act John Whealan about patent reform in the US

Managing IP, in association with Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, hosted a discussion on trade mark strategies with lawyers, in-house counsel and members of OHIM and the TTAB

Gretchen Olive provides a list of stages that every brand owner should consider when drawing up a corporate domain name policy