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In a criminal action for infringement or unfair competition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) conducts a preliminary investigation. If it is convinced that probable cause exists, it files a complaint (called the Information) before the proper regional trial court (RTC). In case the DOJ moves to withdraw the information, should the RTC grant this as a matter of course? And if the DOJ decides to file the same Information again, will this constitute double jeopardy? These are the main issues tackled in the case of Summerville General Merchandising & Co Inc vs Hon Antonio Eugenio Jr et al GR 163741, decided by the Supreme Court on August 7 2007.

One of the main problems in enforcing IP rights against transit merchandise in Mexican Customs has been the interpretation of the concept of "importation" that some local officers apply when dealing with infringement proceedings, specifically with border measures.

Just one click and in the blink of an eye I am in the European Patent Office (EPO) locating in Munich (Germany) or The Hague (the Netherlands) or in the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) in Alicante (Spain) but when I look out from the window I see an office backyard in Helsinki (Finland).

A monthly column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam - who received the world's first recorded patent in 1449

Emma Barraclough, London

Panellists in a web seminar organized by Managing IP and VeriSign discussed the latest online challenges to brands - and how to fight them

Trade mark owners generally agree that trade marks should have strong protection and that well-known marks deserve more.

For the fifth year, Managing IP reveals its list of the biggest IP firms in Asia, Europe and the US

Gold (and, less so, platinum) glitters and its shining is visible from afar. Trade marks, even though they are not precious metals, equally enjoy better visibility and are more conspicuous when they include those magic words. Both the words gold and platinum denote something very safe and valuable. No wonder then that a trade mark applicant chose the word "platinum".

Under the Singapore Patents Act, a divisional application must be filed before grant conditions are met for the parent application. In any event, the divisional application must be filed before the parent application has been refused, withdrawn or treated as having been abandoned.