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In the battle to cut demand for fakes, some public education campaigns are more successful that others. LiliAna Andreano assesses the results

James Nurton delves into the world of telecoms standards and patents and provides a guide to the disputes and players in pending litigation

A UN Guide on secured transactions has been changed following concerns about its impact on IP. Ben Goodger provides an inside view of the lobbying campaign

Online file inspection and online searches of patent, trade mark and design applications/registrations are available via http://online.tpe.gov.tr/eng/.

There exists in Russia a trade mark Jubilee (number 126030) registered for biscuits. As a person moderately advanced in age, as far as I can remember Jubilee biscuits have accompanied me and other people in Russia all our lives. The history of the biscuits in Russia certainly dates back over a century. Most probably, the product was launched in 1913 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of rule by the Romanov family (the Russian czars until the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917). Surprisingly, despite bearing such an anticommunist name, the biscuits survived through the decades and became one of the most popular brands in Russia.

Trade mark counterfeiting and product piracy are common in Peru as in all of Latin America. This criminal activity is presented in a variety of forms, but most often involves someone trying to apply for the registration of a trade mark, which is famous in another country but has not yet been registered in Peru.

The need to heighten the battle against counterfeit goods really hit home when Malaysian police discovered that they were recently cheated into paying RM5 million ($1.6 million) for imitation spare parts for police patrol cars and police vehicles.

Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) as provided by Regulation 1768/92/EEC can extend the lifetime of a patent protecting medicines up to five years. SPCs were devised to compensate for the reduced duration of these patents caused by the lengthy procedures involved in obtaining marketing authorization before the launch of a new medicinal product.

Owing to international and national needs the Finnish Act on Utility Model Rights is under revision. The new act is expected to enter into force early in 2008.

The government of Croatia adopted a new regulation on August 8 2007 to amend Customs measures relating to goods suspected of infringing particular IP rights.