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Jay Sha of Jeekai & Partners provides a detailed overview of the third amendment to China's Patent Law

Do copyright laws incentivize artists to create in a way that benefits society as a whole, or do they discourage innovation by locking up culture for the financial benefit of a small minority? MIP asked a copyright owner and a pro-piracy campaigner to debate whether the copyright law balance has tipped too far in favour of rights holders. Christian Engström of the Swedish Pirate Party opens the correspondence, and Scott Martin of Paramount Pictures responds

The Playboy bunny is one of the most widely recognized trade marks in the world. But that also makes it a target for counterfeiters. Ana Cashman, Playboy's assistant counsel, tells Shahnaz Mahmud how the company tackles the problem

When business strategy contemplates the expansion of a particular brand or the introduction of a new brand into the US marketplace, it is recommended that US trade mark counsel first be retained to conduct and review a complete US trade mark search to ascertain the availability of the proposed mark for use and registration. Conducting a full search and obtaining the advice of counsel will, among other things, help a trade mark owner understand the potential risks associated with use of a mark in the United States, assist in developing a plan to ensure the ability to obtain a federal trade mark registration and facilitate an approach to avoid infringement of third party rights.

In Taiwan, although a trade mark owner is not required to submit evidence of use of his/her registered mark to the Trademark Office voluntarily, the registered mark will be vulnerable to cancellation if, without justifiable cause, the mark has not been used for three years following its registration or if, after a period of use, use of the mark is discontinued for a period in excess of three years.

Companies losing millions of dollars to makers of fakes want consumers to understand that counterfeiting harms legitimate businesses, exploits workers and is often run by criminal gangs with murky links to terrorism. So why do people still buy knock-offs? Peter Ollier took the short journey from Hong Kong to Shenzhen to see how the counterfeit buyers justify their purchases

Hong Kong used to be a counterfeit buyer's paradise. But over the past 10 years Customs officials have upped their efforts to drive the sellers from the streets and smash the syndicates that control the trade. Peter Ollier followed a team of officers over three days to find out how successful they have been

Article 3 of the Swedish Patents Act states that no one other than the patent holder or the patent holder's licensee is entitled inter alia to manufacture, offer, launch on the market or use a product which is protected by a patent. A recent judgment addressed the question of what constitutes an offer and when such an offer contravenes the terms of article 3 of the Patents Act as far as pharmaceutical preparations are concerned.

Life is an attractive word. Who does not know the glossy US magazine? It enjoys a worldwide popularity, partly thanks to the choice of title.

Section IV of article 90 of the Mexican Law of Industrial Property (IPL) establishes an absolute ground for refusal based on the descriptiveness of the mark. This provision prohibits the registration of descriptive names, figures and three-dimensional forms. However, it also contains an exception in that all the elements and characteristics of the mark should be "considered as a whole".