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Pirates and counterfeiters are not always hardened criminals. MIP profiles some of the common, and less common, people involved in IP crime and asks: what makes them difficult to attack and what is the best approach to stopping them?

Recent conflicts between patent owners and third companies, in particular generic pharmaceutical companies, require the evolution of the Patent Law in Portugal to be considered.

In Radio Today Broadcasting Ltd v Indian Performing Rights Society 2007 (34) PTC 174 (Cal), Radio Today Broadcasting, the petitioners, plan to run a radio station through the FM band with the name Radio Today. They applied for a licence from the central government and also secured a provisional licence. The petitioners' intent is to play both film and non-film songs on this proposed station. The dispute arose due to the fact that Radio Today was not willing to pay royalties to the Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) and IPRS in turn threatened to bring a legal action for infringement of copyright.

On February 16 2007 the Lower District Court of Düsseldorf decided a trade mark case in an interlocutory injunction procedure regarding the use of the trade mark Oral Fixation for mint products.

At the second annual IPTEC meeting, held last month, technology licensors and licensees got together to share experiences and discuss business opportunities. James Nurton reports from Cannes, France

Keshav S Dhakad and Priyanka Kher of Anand & Anand describe India's efforts to protect software copyright in its booming IT industry

India's courts are taking a tougher approach to IP infringement, closing loopholes and imposing punitive damages. By Hemant Singh of Inttl Advocare

Pooja Dodd and Debashish Sankhari of FoxMandal Little describe how trade marks are registered in India and explore recent case law

DuPont is investing millions of dollars to set up its latest R&D centre in India. Emma Barraclough spoke to the company's chief IP counsel and the director of the Hyderabad-based DuPont Knowledge Center to find out how they plan to tackle the IP challenges ahead

Manisha Singh-Nair of Lex Orbis considers how the recent changes to India's patent law - and the proposals contained in the eagerly-awaited Mashelkar Committee report - will affect rules on patentability