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  • Dapeng Wen of China Patent Agent (HK) Ltd explains how amendments to China's Patent Law have made the examination process more user-friendly
  • Kevin Wong and Kiran Dharsan of ECSF outline the lessons to be learnt from two recent cases dealing with bad faith applications
  • Do copyright laws incentivize artists to create in a way that benefits society as a whole, or do they discourage innovation by locking up culture for the financial benefit of a small minority? MIP asked a copyright owner and a pro-piracy campaigner to debate whether the copyright law balance has tipped too far in favour of rights holders. Christian Engström of the Swedish Pirate Party opens the correspondence, and Scott Martin of Paramount Pictures responds
  • Companies losing millions of dollars to makers of fakes want consumers to understand that counterfeiting harms legitimate businesses, exploits workers and is often run by criminal gangs with murky links to terrorism. So why do people still buy knock-offs? Peter Ollier took the short journey from Hong Kong to Shenzhen to see how the counterfeit buyers justify their purchases
  • Life is an attractive word. Who does not know the glossy US magazine? It enjoys a worldwide popularity, partly thanks to the choice of title.
  • For the first time in history, the Vatican is working on a law on copyright aimed at protecting the writings, words and images of the Pope, on which there is a real risk of manipulation and speculation.
  • Far from being a second-class IP right, registered designs offer IP owners a highly effective - but often overlooked - way of protecting their brand and products. Brian Cordery explains why rights owners should rethink the role of designs in their IP portfolio
  • 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 recent survey of US IP litigation data reveals that the number of patent lawsuits filed in 2005 fell for the first time in 16 years, while the number of trade mark cases continued to rise. Shahnaz Mahmud looks behind the statistics to analyze the trends
  • Shahnaz Mahmud, Washington DC