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The JPO and USPTO will launch a pilot work-sharing project known as the New Route on January 28

The Wahaha trade mark belongs to Chinese drinks maker Wahaha Group and not to French food maker Danone, according to the Hangzhou Arbitration Commission

A collecting society has reacted angrily to a German decision not to apply copyright levies to normal, everyday computer printers

The first nominations are in to succeed Kamil Idris as director general of WIPO

The UK High Court has made its first declaration of non-essentiality (DONE) in a patent dispute between two telecoms companies

The lack of IP protection in Africa deters investors, while inventors in the continent barely register internationally. But, asks James Nurton, is that about to change?

This month Managing IP reveals the results of part one of the world's most detailed and authoritative survey of the IP market. Following five months' research, in this issue we list the leading firms in patent prosecution and contentious work in 65 jurisdictions

In our June, 2007 briefing, we explained that patent trials are almost always open to the public. Of course, trials are the culmination of many months, sometimes years, of pre-trial discovery, including the production of documents containing confidential information and the deposition of witnesses. While it's generally known that such pre-trial discovery is not open to the public, a question often asked, particularly by non-US entities involved in US litigation, is whether the opposing in-house counsel will have access to the confidential documents produced and deposition testimony given in the litigation.

The German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) recently issued a decision (X ZR 60/06) that makes it clear that the patent owner's right to choose the best method of calculating damages in an infringement suit ends when a first relevant court decision comes into force. This is true even if the patent owner has exercised his right to choose before the court decision comes into force. The BGH stated that, at a specific time, the infringer has to know the extent of the liability. The infringer has to be able to plan for the future and has to be able to calculate the amount of reserves to be set aside.

Pursuant to the amendments of the IP laws, which came into effect in Croatia on July 21 2007, an independent Appeal Board was established.