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On December 13, the first overhaul of the European Patent Convention since it was drafted in 1973, comes into force

Canada: Judges at Canada's Federal Court are taking a tough stance against repeat counterfeiters who refuse to observe legal orders, after two famous IP owners scored victories and won substantial damages. On November 14 a judge awarded LV more than C$263,000 for trade mark and copyright infringement. Earlier in the month Microsoft won a series of interlocutory injunctions against Carmelo Cerrelli, a convicted seller of counterfeit software.

Copyright has not always proven an effective tool for fashion designers in the US. But, explain Peter Fields and Kristen McCallion, design patents and trade marks are viable alternatives

The growth of IP rights makes effective management more important than ever. Lynann Butkiewicz introduces a comparison of IP software and services providers

IP owners risk jeopardizing their rights if they fail to protect their copyright and trade mark rights in online worlds such as Second Life

With over one billion people, India is one of the world's largest markets for films. This includes both home grown "Bollywood" and Hollywood films. However, both Hollywood and Bollywood complain that piracy, a phenomenon throughout Asia, is cutting into their earnings. Both lose millions of dollars a year due to lax enforcement of copyright laws in India. Dan Glickman, chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) said at a recent Confederation of Indian Industry meeting that the biggest competitor faced by both Hollywood and Bollywood was piracy.

On October 22 2007 the Australian government eased our duty of disclosure provisions.

For several months breastfeeding advocacy groups and the Pharmaceutical and Health Care Association of the Philippines (PHAP) have been at loggerheads over the implementation of the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (RIRR) of Executive Order No 51, known as the Milk Code, which was to take effect on July 7 2006. However, the PHAP filed a petition for certiorari before the Supreme Court (GR No 173034) against Department of Health (DOH) officials, questioning the constitutionality of the RIRR, claiming it was inconsistent with the Milk Code that was issued on October 28 1986. The DOH secured a temporary restraining order enjoining the DOH from implementing the RIRR.

Recent news in the Turkish media about the registration of Turkish lokum by another party in European Union and thus the prevention of commercial activities relating to lokum in the Community drew the public's attention to the protection of geographical indications (GIs).

Italy has introduced a raft of new laws to comply with the EU Directive on unfair practice. Paolo Bertoni and Marco Montesano of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer explain how this will help the good practitioners