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Owners of design rights have any number of laws to rely on when protecting their products in China. But too much uncertainty surrounds the best legal option to take. The authorities must make protection easier, argues Jan De Visser

Owners of design rights have any number of laws to rely on when protecting their products in China. But too much uncertainty surrounds the best legal option to take. The authorities must make protection easier, argues Jan De Visser

Programme formats can be a goldmine but to what extent can they attract IP rights? Lyndsay Gough looks at some of the issues facing those seeking to exploit and protect them

In a recent case, the ECJ affirmed that parallel importers can repackage pharmaceutical products for resale in the EU – but the court gave no guidance on how repackaging should be undertaken. Hiroshi Sheraton examines the decision

In most countries, the most expensive part of prosecuting a patent application is the cost of search and examination. Singapore took a positive approach by allowing an applicant to rely on search and examination results for a corresponding application in lieu of search and examination of the Singapore application. No official fees are imposed on an applicant who chooses to do so. For this purpose, corresponding applications from Australia, Canada, the EPO, UK, US and PCT (not designating Singapore) may be used. A corresponding application must relate to substantially the same invention and be connected to the Singapore application by a priority claim, for example, a common priority claim.

Muhyiddin Yassin, Malaysia's Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs, has denied that he said in a newspaper interview that the government was considering allowing some groups in Malaysian society to use pirated software.

Domain name registrar Internetters will challenge a US arbitration decision in the UK High Court in one of the few cases of its kind.

The German Act Relating to Inventions of Employees (the Act) provides that an employer may, within a period of four months, claim an invention made by an employee which either results from the employee's work under the employment contract or is essentially based on the know-how of the employer. For such a claimed invention, a patent application must be filed. In return, the employee is entitled to compensation when the invention is used by the employer. Unfortunately, the administrative provisions of the Act cause considerable paper work. Large companies estimate that the costs for handling employment inventions in compliance with the provisions of the Act are in the same range as the compensation to be paid to the employed inventors for the use of these inventions.

The German Act Relating to Inventions of Employees (the Act) provides that an employer may, within a period of four months, claim an invention made by an employee which either results from the employee's work under the employment contract or is essentially based on the know-how of the employer. For such a claimed invention, a patent application must be filed. In return, the employee is entitled to compensation when the invention is used by the employer. Unfortunately, the administrative provisions of the Act cause considerable paper work. Large companies estimate that the costs for handling employment inventions in compliance with the provisions of the Act are in the same range as the compensation to be paid to the employed inventors for the use of these inventions.

Dr Gavin D Recchia and Dr Andrew N Blattman of Ella Cheong Mirandah & Sprusons in Singapore examine how to obtain protection for genes in Singapore