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The Mexican Industrial Property Law (IPL) does not provide for oppositions to trade mark registration, which is generally understood as the ability of third parties to oppose the granting of a trade mark registration within a set period of time after the publication of the application.

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) recently announced plans to move forward with implementation of its new WHOIS policy. The anticipated changes will mean that contact information for individual domain name owners will not be readily available to trade mark owners for trade mark enforcement purposes.

Today the Indian Patent office is a live organization. It has been growing, adapting and is now socializing with its peers. Until the late 1990s, the Office was a low profile organization working quietly under the Department of Commerce. But since the dawn of this century the Patent Office has begun to emerge as an active organization determined to make its mark. As a part of efforts to improve its level of service the Office has been collaborating with various developed patent offices around the world. The most recent of these collaborations is with the EPO.

On January 4 2007, the Department of Agriculture (DA) issued the implementing rules and regulations of the Livestock and Poultry Feeds Act (RA 1556, amended by PD 7), governing the registration of feed establishments, animal feeds, feed ingredients, feed supplements, feed additives, base mixes, concentrates, special feed nutrient preparations and other feed products (Administrative Order No.12, Series of 2007). Some of the salient points are as follows:

Filing and maintenance fees have been reintroduced on Italian patents, utility models and designs as from January 1 2007. The amounts to be paid and the applicable rules have been determined by a decree which has just been published in the Official Gazette which entered into force on April 21 2007.

Recent court decisions have created uncertainty for patent licensors. Marc Morley and Brenden Gingrich of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear explain how patent owners could improve their weakened position

It has been announced from Nigeria that service mark protection is now available, by virtue of a Ministerial order. Indeed, the Registrar is receiving and processing service mark applications.

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

Trade mark owners are increasingly frustrated at having to police online auction websites to prevent sales of fakes. In an open letter to eBay, one IP lawyer demands action. Ray Black

The Chinese authorities have increased their efforts to recognize and protect both domestic and foreign well-known trade marks during the past year. Cedric Lam and Janet Wong of Dorsey & Whitney examine recent developments