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  • 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
  • If IP owners want to maximize their chances of having an application for a biotech or chemical invention granted in China, they need to pay careful attention to their test data, says Amy Feng of Liu Shen & Associates
  • 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
  • Benjamin Bai, Peter Wang and Tony Chen of Jones Day explain how to enforce a patent in the world's most litigious country for patent disputes
  • Do copyright laws incentivize artists to create in a way that benefits society as a whole, or do they discourage innovation by locking up culture for the financial benefit of a small minority? MIP asked a copyright owner and a pro-piracy campaigner to debate whether the copyright law balance has tipped too far in favour of rights holders. Christian Engström of the Swedish Pirate Party opens the correspondence, and Scott Martin of Paramount Pictures responds