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  • There is a requirement to file a statement of information (Form 27) regarding the working of a patent in India. The working of a patent means the commercial exploitation of the invention that is embodied in the patent. These statements can be supplied every financial calendar year, within three months of the end of each year.
  • On January 1 2008 the European Patent Convention entered into force in Croatia. Consequently, European patent applications filed on or after January 1 2008, when the Convention entered into force on the territory, will include the designation of Croatia as a contacting state to the EPC. This is the latest of many changes to the domestic patent system aimed at increasing the compatibility of intellectual property laws and treatment with TRIPs and EU legislation.
  • A bill under Congressional consideration originates in the commitments undertaken by Chile pursuant to the Free Trade Agreement with the United States and intends to increase the penalties for IP crimes, including in new areas such as internet piracy and the associated liability of ISPs.
  • South Africa is contemplating new laws to protect the country's traditional knowledge. Other countries on the continent may follow. Companies should welcome these moves, says Emma Barraclough
  • International: Almost 5% more patent applications were filed under WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty in 2007 than in the year before. For the fourth year running, the most notable growth rates came from countries in north-east Asia. The region, which includes Korea and Japan, accounted for 25.8% of all international applications under the PCT.
  • Paraguay: The Paraguayan Customs Office introduced the country's first official system for tracking IP rights at the border by implementing the Registry of Trademarks and Intellectual Property Rights. The new system will allow IP owners to register their marks in the Paraguayan Customs Office's computer system, named Sofia.
  • Last month Dubai hosted the Fourth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting. Managing IP and Rouse & Co organized a roundtable to discuss how the issues raised affect IP owners in the region
  • A monthly column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam - who received the world's first recorded patent in 1449