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  • Following the enactment of the Austrian Utility Model in 1994, not much guidance was given by the courts with regard to the level of inventiveness required to meet the statutory requirement of "inventive step". According to the considerations given by the legislator and the prevailing opinion in academic writing, a lower quantity of inventiveness compared to patent law was considered sufficient for the registration of valid utility models in Austria.
  • The government of Cape Verde is preparing to introduce modern industrial property laws. The new legislation will repeal a Portuguese Code of 1940 which had applied to Cape Verde but had fallen into disuse. In preparation for the new system, the processing of trade mark registrations under the old Code has been temporarily revived.
  • Ian Finch and David Marriott of James & Wells laud New Zealand's virtues as a test market for IP litigation cases, or to test the strength of patents and trade marks
  • Peter Chalk, David Clark and Ben Miller of Blake Dawson Waldron outline the IP litigation process in Australia, and consider recent legal developments that might affect this process
  • It has been an interesting year for the Australian courts, considering internet issues for first time, and grappling with colour marks. By Michael Wolnizer and Jeff Bergmann of Davies Collison Cave
  • IP owners are rarely fans of parallel imports, which are often used to short-circuit markets they have traditionally controlled. But Graeme Samuel, chairman of the Australian competition watchdog, the ACCC, warns companies that efforts to restrict grey market goods must stay on the right side of the law
  • Australia: The Trade Marks Amendment Bill was passed by the Australian Parliament on October 12. Amendments include the ability to conduct simple trade mark transactions over the phone and new provisions dealing with opposition procedures.
  • 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
  • IBM does it, so do Sun and Google. Even Microsoft is making positive noises about open source. Whether as a software developer or a software user, you need to understand open source and why it has the potential to change the way you handle IP. James Nurton reports
  • Emma Barraclough, London