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Asia's mix of mature markets and rapidly industrializing economies gives parallel traders plenty of scope to exploit price differentials across the region. Emma Barraclough introduces a survey of six Asian jurisdictions which considers what local rules on parallel trade mean for rights owners and importers

EU: The Czech Arbitration Court, the exclusive arbitration forum for disputes over .eu domain name applications, has published draft amendments to the ADR Supplemental Rules for public consultation.

GUATEMALA: The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) will enter into force in Guatemala on October 14, after the country acceded to the Treaty in July. Guatemala will be the 133rd member of the PCT.

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

Several rules of the German Patent Act with regard to oppositions have recently been amended. In order to reduce the backlog of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (GPTO) in opposition cases, transitional rules were implemented in 2002 that oppositions against German patents filed up to July 2006 have to be handled by the Federal Patent Court instead of by the GPTO. These rules have now been cancelled, so that all oppositions filed from July 1 2006 will again be handled in the first instance by the GPTO.

In accordance with Article 88 of the Mexican Law of Industrial Property (LIP), a trade mark is a visible sign that distinguishes products or services from others of the same kind in the market.

In the past few years, the abundance of technical information on the internet has allowed patent attorneys to become versed in technical fields that previously would have been inaccessible. Gwilym Roberts argues that this enables advisers to be more mobile in handling new areas and is also good news for innovators

The UK's Patent Office is set to abandon examination on relative grounds. John Olsen and Marius Haman argue that this will have significant consequences for trade mark owners and applicants in the UK, Europe and beyond

The Patent and Utility Model Law has been overhauled to augment KIPO's moves towards a streamlined application process. Patrick YangOh Kim and Tae Jun Suh of Yoon Yang Kim Shin & Yu examine the changes

Korea has done much to turn around its reputation as a counterfeit hotspot. Emma Barraclough looks at the latest initiative