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Bai Gang of Wan Hui Da IP Agency and Paul Ranjard of UNIFAB say that IP owners have a duty to try every means of enforcement provided under Chinese law

More and more companies are setting up R&D centres in China. But they need to have a clear patenting strategy if they want to transfer the resulting technology abroad, explains Junfeng Tian of China Sinda

Pending before the Philippine Congress and certified as urgent by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo are two bills or proposed laws: House Bill No. 6035 and Senate Bill No. 2263. Both have the objective of providing cheaper medicines, and are expected to be approved in the coming session of the Congress in June 2007. One common subject matter tackled in these bills is the amendment of Section 74 of the Intellectual Property Code (IP Code, RA 8293) referring to compulsory licensing of a patented invention by the government. Under RA 8293, the use by the government or a third person authorized by the government may be done without the agreement of the patent owner in two instances. First, if there is a public interest requirement, or secondly, if a judicial or administrative body has determined that the exploitation by the patent owner is anti-competitive, but subject to compulsory licensing. The terms and conditions of the licence are determined by the Bureau of Legal Affairs of the Intellectual Property Office in an action for compulsory licensing.

The Malaysian Patents Act 1983 and Patents Regulations 1986 have recently been subjected to several amendments in view of developments in the nation's patent scene.

In the UK, the compensation to which a successful claimant is entitled in respect of either patent or unregistered design right infringement may take the form of either damages or an account of the other party's profits (Patents Act 1977, Section 61 (1) (c), (d); Copyright, Designs & Patents Act 1988, Section 229 (2)).

Thomas Pattloch was appointed to the newly-created post of intellectual property officer in the EU Delegation in Beijing in April 2006. One year on, he talked to Emma Barraclough about the biggest challenges facing foreign IP owners in China

José R Fermín of Bolet & Terrero traces Venezuela's efforts to combat trading of counterfeit goods, saying the country is now on the right track

Recent research in Sweden has examined the relationship between brand awareness and profitability. Anna Maria Lagerqvist, Richard Wolff and Bengt Lindberg of Valea analyze the findings and look at the lessons from some brand-oriented companies

Luis Schmidt of Olivares & Cia examines how trade mark, copyright and design laws can be used to protect three-dimensional shapes, and provides some advice for rights owners on maximizing protection in Mexico

You may be familiar with investigators as the men and women on the front line of IP enforcement. But, says Graham Robinson, they also have a role to play in creating and protecting brands