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Emma Barraclough, London

Shahnaz Mahmud, Rio de Janeiro

Attorney General Philip Ruddock has claimed Australia's Copyright Amendment Bill, passed by Parliament on December 4, will be a model for England, Canada and New Zealand, which are all considering private use amendments to their legislation.

Emma Barraclough, London

James Nurton, London

Source codes of open source software are developed and distributed through licences known as the general public licence (GPL). However, the trade marks of the software developers are not distributed along with these source codes. While distributors' brands and trade marks belong to them, the underlying source code belongs to the open source community. Therefore, what is being sold or distributed here is just the source code and not the trade mark.

On August 21 2002, upon the request of US petitioner Caterpillar Inc through the regional intelligence investigation division of the National Capital Region Police Office (RIID-NCRPO), the regional trial court of Mandaluyong City Branch 214 (RTC) issued five search warrants. These were based on suspicion that the IP Code for unfair competition had been breached. Various goods, including clothes, footwear and bags bearing the trade marks Cat, Cat and design, Caterpillar, Caterpillar and design, Walking machines and/or Track type tractor and design were seized from the establishments of respondent Manolo Samson.

Software is invading every field of business, including telecommunications, industrial equipment, cars and audio-video media The development of new products results in the integration of computer programs that correspond to features, some of them widespread and others more original.

The Croatian Academic and Research Network (CARNet), which administers top-level .hr domains, has introduced a new draft entitled Regulations Regarding the Organization of Top-Level "hr" Internet Domains and the Principles of Managing the Top-Level "hr" Domain. The new Draft will replace existing Regulations when it enters into force on January 1 2007.

The Municipal Court in Prague stated in Decision 9Ca 68/2003-36 that use of a trade mark includes not only direct use of a mark through placing on products or packaging, but also indirect use in connection with those products or services, for example on accompanying documents or advertising. In this decision the Municipal Court refused an action against the decision of the President of the Industrial Property Office concerning the cancellation of a trade mark due to non-use.