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The first high-speed railway constructed by Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC) under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model in Taiwan rolled into service in 2006. The high-speed train, called 700T in Taiwan, was built based upon the design of the locomotive used by the Japanese high-speed rail system, only with the stripes extending along both sides of the locomotive altered from pure blue to juxtaposed orange and black.

Colombia made an alcoholic move to Russia. To secure its position a trade mark application for rum was filed Ron Viejo de Caldas (application 2004723531 with priority date of October 14 2004). The application was rejected. The examiner stated in the rejection that the designation did not have distinguishing capability because it consisted only of non-protectable elements characterizing the goods. Indeed, Ron (rum) points to the name of the product, Viejo is old and de Caldas means from the province of Caldas

One of the most widely used instruments for the protection of intellectual property is the Paris Convention, which, is one of the oldest IP agreements (it was signed in Brussels on March 20 1883). This Convention brings together almost every country in the world and is used by many IP rights owners to get recognition of their rights in different countries from those where they were obtained or declared.

The Court of Appeal in Malaysia has considered the issue of what constitutes a person aggrieved in the context of the expungement of a trade mark from the register. This is of importance as section 45 of the Trade Marks Act provides that an application to rectify the register can only be done by "a person aggrieved".

On January 2 2008, a Decree was published in the Official Gazette in Mexico modifying several provisions of the Regulations for Health Consumables of the Health Law, concerning important issues for the pharmaceutical industry.

In June 2000 Dutch company Stichting Lodestar applied to register the trade mark Wild Geese in respect of beers and other alcoholic beverages. Austin Nichols, proprietor of the registered trade mark Wild Turkey in respect of the same goods, opposed registration. The assistant commissioner held that there was no reasonable likelihood of deception or confusion between the two marks.

After years of public discussion and position papers, the Knesset – Israel's parliament – recently enacted the Copyright Act, 2007 (New Law), which will come into effect in May 2008. The New Law replaces the Copyright Act of 1911 that was passed by the British Parliament and made applicable to pre-state Israel during the British Mandate, as well as most of the provisions of the 1924 Copyright Ordinance (Old Law).

As reported last month, the Italian Patent Office (PTO) had begun discussions with the European Patent Office (EPO) to define an agreement under which Italian patent applications would be searched by the EPO with respect to novelty and inventive step.

In a recent decision (Carvedilol II; X ZR 236/01), the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) has ruled on the validity of a second medical use claim comprising a dosage regimen for the beta-blocker carvedilol, the claim reading: "Use of carvedilol for the manufacture of a medicament ..., wherein the medicament is administered in an initial dose of 3.125 mg ... per day over a time period of 7 to 28 days, followed by dosage increases ...."

The digital twin spark plug ignition (DTS-i) technology debate between the motorcycle manufacturing giants Bajaj Auto and TVS Motors continues. The patent war has now reached the Supreme Court with Bajaj seeking a restraining order on the manufacturing and selling of the TVS two-wheeler Flame. Bajaj has sought a revocation of the Madras High Court order allowing TVS to go ahead with receiving bookings for and selling its new motorcycle.