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  • 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
  • A new amendment takes IP legislation in the wrong direction, yet new Customs laws represent a step forward for rights owners in Argentina. Carlos O Mitelman and Daniel R Zuccherino of Obligado & Cia explain
  • It is a common misperception that people have an absolute right to use their own names in connection with their business or the sale of merchandise. A senior user of a personal name which has acquired secondary meaning will typically be given priority over a junior user of even his or her own personal name if the result will be to avoid confusion.
  • Proprietary and open software have developed in parallel in the US over the past two decades. Craig Bachman and Anne Glazer of Lane Powell examine some legal intersections between the two models
  • This year has seen Malaysia experience a positive whirlwind as far as IP rights are concerned. The deployment of specialist tracking dogs to combat software piracy, relentless raids conducted by authorities in their quest to curb piracy, the Prime Minister's declaration of a national IP day on April 27 2007; these are among the very many developments that bear testimony to Malaysia's serious approach to the protection and enforcement of IP rights.
  • The Croatian Parliament has enacted amendments to the Trade Mark Law, some of which went into effect on July 31 2007.
  • Ethiopia's success in trade marking its coffee has encouraged more countries to consider IP protection for assets previously considered commodities
  • Digital media offer a range of ways for people to infringe copyright. Mexican law is adapting to this situation, but the question is who to prosecute for infringement. Luis Schmidt of Olivares & Cia investigates
  • More films could be deemed to be still under copyright following two rulings from Tokyo's District Court
  • The sunrise period for the .asia domain begins this month. Emma Barraclough provides a guide to the latest top-level domain