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  • This year has seen Malaysia experience a positive whirlwind as far as IP rights are concerned. The deployment of specialist tracking dogs to combat software piracy, relentless raids conducted by authorities in their quest to curb piracy, the Prime Minister's declaration of a national IP day on April 27 2007; these are among the very many developments that bear testimony to Malaysia's serious approach to the protection and enforcement of IP rights.
  • Proprietary and open software have developed in parallel in the US over the past two decades. Craig Bachman and Anne Glazer of Lane Powell examine some legal intersections between the two models
  • In its most recent Decision G 1/05, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office clarified several issues on the validity of divisional applications (first and subsequent generations) containing added subject matter at the actual filing date. In this decision the EBA consolidated three referrals from the Technical Boards of Appeal.
  • Jorge Amigo Castañeda, director-general of the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property, outlines the challenges the Institute faces, and the steps it is taking to improve life for IP owners in Mexico
  • New regulations under Japan's Patent Act came into force on April 1 2007. Yoshitaka Sonoda of Sonoda & Kobayashi Intellectual Property Law Firm explains what they mean for drafting claims, preparing amendments and filing divisional applications
  • Global brand owners are looking to cut the costs of IP management and brand protection. Outsourcing can provide a valuable alternative to doing work in-house. Sudath Perera and Aromi Silva explain why Sri Lanka is a prime destination for off-shoring IP work
  • Protecting the IP rights of one of the most valuable brands in the world is a daunting task. In few places is it more challenging than in Asia. Daniel Greif, trade mark counsel for Coca-Cola's Pacific Group, tells Emma Barraclough how he manages the company's regional portfolio of more than 5,000 trade marks
  • Malaysia's accession to the Patent Cooperation Treaty required legislative amendments to bring the country into line with international patent practice. Patrick Mirandah and Ramakrishna Damodharan of Patrick Mirandah Co analyze the new rules
  • Last year Russia overhauled its IP legislation. Managing IP hosted a roundtable in Moscow to discuss the changes
  • 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?"