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  • The European Commission recently published figures for 2006 relating to seizures by national Customs authorities of goods infringing IP rights on their entry into the EU. These reveal a considerable increase in the number of counterfeit and pirated articles being seized generally, Customs seizing more than 250 million articles in 2006 compared with 75 million in 2005; but in particular highlight a rapid growth in the trade of counterfeit medicines.
  • The Dubai Court of First Instance recently ordered that an identical trade name be deleted from the Commercial Register as it violated the plaintiff's registered and well-known trade mark as well as its name.
  • Data exclusivity, a key IP concern for research-based pharmaceutical companies, was introduced into the Turkish legislation with the publication of the Regulation on Marketing Authorization for Medicinal Products for Human Use in January 2005. The regulation only relates to pharmaceuticals for human use and does not bring exclusivity on the test data relating to agricultural chemicals, such as pesticides or insecticide, to obtain authorization for marketing in the country.
  • On August 6 2007, the Intellectual Property Office of Taiwan implemented an overhaul of the standards related to the examination of biotech inventions.
  • Under the interpretation of the rules put forth by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), the extensions of time as of right under Rule 108(3) are not available under the slow track option.
  • New Zealand law makers are addressing the adequacy of the law governing ownership of copyright in commissioned work, otherwise known as the commissioning rule, and it appears that a change is imminent.
  • Bajaj Auto Limited has set in motion a row over alleged patent infringement by TVS Motor Company. Bajaj, the country's second biggest motorcycle manufacturer, has accused TVS of infringing its IP rights in its patented engine technology. This is the first time two big Indian companies have been involved in such a high profile dispute over ownership of a technology. The row began when TVS Motor Company unveiled its latest bike, Flame.
  • Amid fundamental legal reforms, the Mexican government is considering joining two important international trade mark treaties. Jesus Molina and Sergio De Alva of Molina Salgado & De Alva, SC examine the advantages and disadvantages of doing so
  • The Australian courts have again recently helped enforce patent rights by taking a liberal and flexible view of claim interpretation. This supplements the position taken in a recently reported Australian High Court case in which a decision relating to obviousness also favoured the patent holder (Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd (No 2) [2007] HCA 21).
  • When patented substances have second uses, complications may result. Agustín Velázquez G L, Guillermo Alberto González Ortega, Alberto Huerta Bleck and Álvaro Huerta González of Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes discuss how Mexican courts have responded