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The 2007 edition of the Americas IP Focus is published amid important changes in IP practice. Nowhere is this more true than in the Americas. In the US, Congress is debating fundamental changes to patent law, arising from concerns over the scope of protection and abuse of the vagaries of the patent system, while the Supreme Court has, in the past year, delivered four decisions of fundamental importance to IP owners. Meanwhile, new means of monetizing patents are being tested and the USPTO has introduced controversial reforms to address its backlog and delays in both the patent and trade mark fields.

Insurers have traditionally steered clear of the risky business of protecting intangible assets. But not any more, says Garry Booth

Law firms and patent and trade mark agencies are reporting record levels of demand from IP clients. Managing IP published a list of the largest practices across the globe in its September 2007 issue. The tables for the US and Canada are reprinted here

Managing IP spoke to the UK's new minister for IP, Lord Triesman, to discuss the role of the IP Office, upholding the public domain and how to make the UK fake-free

Managing IP, in association with Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt, gathered together representatives of the different views on patent reform in the US to discuss the major changes planned, and the impact they will have on IP owners and applicants

Most of us who work with intellectual property know that there are a large number of patents out there that will never have a relevant impact on any business.

One of the main strengths of the Peruvian justice administration is the broad application of the rules that forbid the non-authorized use of brands in trade. Non-authorized use includes the illegal use of the trade marks in advertising on the internet.

A new government introduces changes that may have implications for foreign investors. Areeya Ratanayu and Clemence Gautier of Tilleke & Gibbins assess the situation

Following some major changes in IP in Latin America, correspondents from member firms of the Affinitas alliance review recent important developments in the key markets of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru

Patent law reform has garnered a lot of attention recently and there has been extensive media coverage about various patent law reform proposals. There are, however, several statutes and other rules that govern patent cases and, an appropriate question to be asked is "What exactly are the 'laws' that are potentially going to be reformed?"