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  • Article 3 of the Swedish Patents Act states that no one other than the patent holder or the patent holder's licensee is entitled inter alia to manufacture, offer, launch on the market or use a product which is protected by a patent. A recent judgment addressed the question of what constitutes an offer and when such an offer contravenes the terms of article 3 of the Patents Act as far as pharmaceutical preparations are concerned.
  • The Polish Parliament has been given a proposal of changes to the Law on Industrial Property (the IP Act). The proposed changes cover several aspects of industrial property protection in Poland, including the protection of trade marks under criminal law. If the proposed changes are implemented, they should have a significant impact on criminal case law.
  • 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.
  • As Korean industry has rapidly grown, obtaining IP protection has become increasingly important. There have been more patent disputes, and accordingly the costs involved have risen. As a result, industry is now realizing how important it is to resolve disputes as quickly as possible.
  • Record numbers of trade mark and patent applications were filed in China in 2006, reflecting the growing awareness of IP in the country. But the growth is also putting increasing pressure on the agencies that administer IP rights, say Xuemin Chen and Xiaoguang Yang of Zhongzi Law Office
  • Chinese and foreign companies are filing patent applications at the State Intellectual Property Office at a phenomenal rate. At the same time, a small but growing number of Chinese applicants are trying to protect their IP rights overseas. Emma Barraclough and Peter Ollier consider the trends behind the statistics
  • The OECD is to release a report into the economic effects of counterfeiting and piracy later this year. Among other things, it is expected to reveal that almost 60% of seizures of counterfeits by Customs authorities around the world originated from only five countries – Thailand, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia and China.
  • It's possible to monitor competitors by watching how they manage their intellectual property, say Jeffrey Van Hoosear and Jonathan Hyman of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
  • Search warrants are enshrined in the Constitution of The Philippines. Editha R Hechanova reviews recent Supreme Court case law on search and seizure orders and search warrants, and examines the lessons for IP owners
  • Is the EU's directive on unfair commercial practices a new weapon in the battle against lookalikes? Hub J Harmeling, Andrea Lensing-Kramer and Amandine Doat of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer weigh up the evidence for and against