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Australia's highest court rewrote the rules on inventive step in a decision in May. Bill Bennett explains what the ruling means for patent applicants

Carefully crafted trade mark licences can enrich licensors and licensees, say Oliver Herzfeld and Richard Bergovoy

A recent decision will change the procedures under which IP cases are handled in Italy. Massimiliano Mostardini and Licia Garotti explain

Vietnam, one of the fastest growing economies in Asia, is attracting record levels of foreign investment. Tran Viet Hung, director-general of the National Office of Intellectual Property, explains how the country has overhauled its IP laws, the impact of WTO membership, and how the Office is dealing with its backlog

The boom in mergers, acquisition and private equity investment puts the onus on investors to carry out comprehensive IP due diligence. Tamsen Valoir provides a practical 10-point plan covering the most important questions to ask

After the Thai public health ministry said it would issue a compulsory licence over a patent held by Merck, the Brazilian government has followed suit

Under US trade mark law, the USPTO may invalidate a trade mark registration or refuse to register a trade mark application based on the premise that the underlying filing contains false statements. The risk of invoking this penalty typically arises when a trade mark owner signs the required declaration that the mark at issue is in use on or in connection with all of the goods and services listed in the application/registration when, in fact, the mark may be used on only some of the goods or for some of the services.

Fees for filing Community trade marks are to be reduced for the second time in two years – but they will not be subject to a regular automatic review, as proposed by the European Commission

Patent cases often involve evidence that is considered confidential by either the patent owner or the accused infringer. For example, the evidence used to prove or disprove the quantum of damages adequate to compensate for any infringement is often confidential to the party that produced such evidence in discovery. During discovery, such information is typically protected from disclosure by a Protective Order.

To coordinate their actions in addressing the issue of CATV piracy in the Philippines, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), the government agency responsible for granting licences to install, operate and maintain radio/TV broadcast and CATV services, and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IP Philippines) entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on June 16 2006. On April 2 2007, the Implementing Rules of the Agreement were promulgated through the Joint NTC-IP Philippines Memorandum Circular No 1 Series of 2007.