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Intel is a familiar word not only outside but also inside Russia due to a full scale invasion of computers and computer-related technologies – so much so that some of the registrations that include the word "intel" have been recognized as famous trade marks in Russia.

The National Board of Patents and Registration has recently established a list into which trade marks with a reputation may be entered on application. According to the National Board of Patents and Registration the purpose of the list is to better serve business life, agents and all other circles that need to obtain information about marks with a reputation. The list may also be helpful when conducting preliminary examinations and tests of confusing similarity concerning trade marks. Consequently, the list undoubtedly has a preventive effect on trade mark litigation.

Readers may have heard that Central America and the Dominican Republic last year bought a little over $16 billion in US exports. This sum is more than the United States sells to India, Indonesia, and Russia combined, and is enough to constitute the second largest export market for the US.

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.

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).

There is no evidence that a significant number of customers are being deceived by so-called lookalike packaging on retailers' own brands (John Noble, British Brands Group, Managing IP September 2007).

Patent applicants who want to pay for searches for prior art, novelty, invalidity, infringement and freedom to operate will no longer be able to hire the services of European Patent Office officials from the beginning of September.

Novartis is fighting a battle in India over the patentability of Glivec. Managing IP analyzes the impact of the case on the international pharmaceutical industry

When business strategy leads a foreign trade mark owner to contemplate expansion of its brand into the United States, the determination as to whether to move forward often depends on an assessment of the risks posed by similar third party marks already in use in the United States. When analyzing the potential impediments presented by third party marks, the foreign trade mark owner (with the advice of US trade mark counsel) would be prudent to consider not only exact trade marks and confusingly similar marks for the identical goods or services but also third party marks which cover arguably related goods and services.