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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.

I work for a business with consumer-facing brands. A lot of our customers seem to have avatars in Second Life. How can we ensure our IP rights are not abused in such virtual worlds?

Once again, this has been a blockbuster year for IP throughout the Americas and the world. The 2008 edition of the Americas IP Focus offers an overview of some of the hottest IP topics across the US, Latin America and Canada, and highlights the rapidly changing landscape in eight key jurisdictions.

Taiwan has seen dramatic changes recently. Russell Horng and Alan Chen of Rich IP & Co outline them

As the UK government moves to implement the recommendations of the Byron Review, which looked at children's safety in the digital environment, a new report by the House of Commons Committee for Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee into harmful content on the internet puts further pressure on ISPs, social networking sites and other content hosting service providers to monitor user-generated content and access to illegal material.

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 Supreme Court's eBay decision made it harder for patent trolls to obtain injunctions. Bas de Blank and Fabio Marino explain why the ITC may give them an escape route

This month, Francis Gurry takes over the role of WIPO director general, as the world's only international organisation dedicated to intellectual property begins its recovery from a period of criticism and stagnation. In an exclusive interview, he discusses the challenges WIPO faces, the changes he will make and why he is the right man for the most important job in IP

The Supreme Patent and Trade Mark Senate (OPM), the highest administrative court in Austria for cancellation proceedings, handed down its long-awaited decision on the question of genuine use of the trade mark Dozer. This was registered for a long list of goods and services in the field of gastronomy in classes 29, 30, 32, 33 and 42. According to the usable proofs, the trade mark owner conducts a mobile snack stand where he sells Käse–Dozer (cheese dozer), that is cheese–filled rolls, Bull Dozer (a special type of sausage) and Black Dozer (a mixture of cold punch and Coca-Cola). The snack stand does not issue bills but merely displays a price list.