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On April 5 2007, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate jointly issued the Interpretation of Several Issues Relating to Specific Application of Law to the Treatment of Criminal Cases of Intellectual Property Infringement No. 2 which came into force on the same day. This Interpretation aims to further strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights in China, in particular copyright, via criminal means. The previous interpretation on these issues was the No. 1 Interpretation which came into force on December 22 2004.

The US has, until now, been the preferred habitat of the patent troll. But assertive licensing companies are becoming increasingly aware of how they can use Europe's fragmented system of patent rules to their negotiating advantage, explain William Cook and Dafydd Bevan

Deals between patent owners and open source distributors using the GNU General Public Licence version 3 would be blocked if the latest draft of the GPL is adopted

A new watchdog is being set up in France to regulate digital rights management systems and ensure that copyright owners and users follow the rules on copyright exceptions

The European Commission has finally published its blueprint for an EU-wide patent strategy

The EU has been working with Malaysia to boost IP protection and to encourage countries in the region to share best practices. Niclas Morey, director of the EC-ASEAN Intellectual Property Rights Co-operation Programme, ECAP II, explains more

A trade description order can be a useful enforcement tool. But Kherk Ying Chew and Sri Sarguna Raj of Wong & Partners warn that it is a double-edged sword

Is it possible to patent biotech and pharmaceutical inventions globally using just one specification? John T Callahan and Ken Sakurabayashi of Sughrue Mion PLLC examine practice in the US, Japan and Europe and suggest some considerations in drafting

Karen Abraham of Shearn Delamore & Co outlines Malaysia's ew approach to sniffing out piracy and combating counterfeiting

Malaysia's efforts to improve IP protection will give it an edge in Asia's knowledge-based industries. By Jern Ern Chuah and Mae Lin Ng of Advanz Fidelis