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  • Spain's only CTM court, in Alicante, has decided its first cases on the merits. Alberto Casado Cerviño and Fabrizio Miazzetto examine what the rulings reveal about the application of ECJ precedents in Spain
  • Last year's patent reform in India means that companies must quickly adopt new strategies to secure and protect their IP rights effectively and efficiently, says Mirut Dalal
  • Is the world facing a global patent crisis? Some patent owners fear that booming applications, lack of quality, duplication of work and excessive costs are forcing existing frameworks to crack. Can anything be done before it is too late? James Nurton reports
  • US: ICANN signed a deal with VeriSign that will see the company administering the .com registry until at least 2012. Under the deal, VeriSign can raise prices in at least four of the next six years by up to 7%. In return, ICANN receives an upfront payment of $625,000 and annual payments of between $6 million and $12 million.
  • Globalization, the internet and the harmonization of IP systems mean that all brand owners now have to view their brands internationally. Whether using brands actively or defending them against pirates and competitors, it is rarely sufficient to focus on just one jurisdiction or region.
  • While foreign companies are quickly recognizing the value of protecting their patents and trade marks in China, many have failed to include Chinese domain names in their IP strategy. Cedric Lam of Dorsey & Whitney outlines some recent trends that make it clear why they must pay attention to the domain name issue
  • As more and more multinational companies move R&D facilities and management operations to China, they will inevitably want to file more patent applications there for software-related inventions and business methods. Huang Xiaolin of Liu, Shen & Associates explains how they should go about it
  • China's rapidly evolving regulatory framework and its increasingly sophisticated courts offer a bright future to pharmaceutical companies looking to invest in China, says Sofia Chen of Bird & Bird
  • Few foreign investors think they must pay attention to competition and antitrust concerns in their Chinese technology transfer deals. They need to think again, say Connie Carnabuci, Joan Wu and Melissa Handover of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
  • IP owners familiar with patent invalidation procedures in Europe and the US will find many areas of overlap with the rules in China. But there are crucial differences that could affect IP owners' patent strategies, as Tai Hong of China Patent Agent explains