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The Indian music industry has grown rapidly over the years and has become a major business in India along with the country's famous film industry colloquially known as Bollywood. As a result, copyright cases that affect the industry are closely watched. A recent case is Super Cassettes Industries Ltd v Chanda Cassettes Pvt Ltd 2006 (33) PTC (Del), where the Delhi High Court attempted to frame a test of balance of convenience in a copyright infringement case. The appeal was against the decision of the Additional District Judge denying the plaintiffs an interim injunction.

Disputes concerning trade marks in Russia are examined primarily at the Chamber of Patent Disputes of the Russian PTO. Sometimes the Rules of the Russian PTO, which are the guiding light for the Board of the Chamber, do not cover all the eventualities in the practice of the Russian PTO.

The US patent law is about to undergo a major change with a raft of reforms set to be implemented. These changes are considered to be the most comprehensive since Congress passed the 1952 patent Act. But, the path has not been smooth, with voices of dissent materializing as the government carves out its plans. MIP and Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt jointly hosted a roundtable discussion – at a real roundtable – in Washington DC in late summer, to discuss some of those concerns and what really needs to be done

In the latest twist in the long-running battle between Sanofi-aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb and Apotex, the originator drugs companies secured a preliminary injunction against the Canadian company to stop it selling generic versions of their blockbuster anti-blood clotting drug Plavix.

Do you know a DNS from a DIG? What's the difference between a domainer and a typosquatter? If you want to protect your brands on the internet, then you need to know the answers to questions such as these. Nick Wood and Michael Murphy provide an A to Z guide to domain name jargon

Despite its small population, Panama is an important strategic market. Rolando Candanedo Navarro of Bufete Candanedo explains why it is important to obtain trade mark protection and how your rights can be enforced there

There are important changes to patent practice taking place in Argentina. Carlos María Gallo and Carlos Octavio Mitelman of Obligado & Cia examine the two issues of damages for infringement and the proposed amendments to the law to provide rights to patent applicants before their patents are granted

Correspondents from member firms of the Affinitas network provide an overview of recent developments in key markets in Latin America – Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, the Andean Community and Peru

Many technology companies and observers have been concerned about the threat of so-called patent trolls. But James E Malackowski and Frederic D Floberg of Ocean Tomo observe that they fulfil a need, and show that the market for patents is changing

Korea has recently changed its laws on the scope of novelty-barring activities and grace periods. Man-Gi Paik and Jae-Choon You of Kim & Chang explain how the new regime works