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  • Business method patents, granted for particular business models unique to a particular organization, have been the subject of mounting interest and controversy among business leaders in the digital media, internet and e-commerce sector.
  • Following a major amendment to China's Trade Mark Law in October 2001, prior to it becoming a member of the WTO, China intends to amend its Trade Mark Law further. A draft was published on April 18 2006 for public consultation. Some of the proposed changes are as follows:
  • There is controversy in Kenya about a provision of the patent law, highlighted in a statement by the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs and reported in the press on July 28 2006, about the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2005. The Bill, which is still under debate, proposes (among other things) to amend Section 58(2) of the Kenyan Industrial Property Act, 2001.
  • Marlous Stal-Hilders of Nederlandsch Octrooibureau provides a brief outline of the advantages and disadvantages of the various systems available for protecting trade marks in Europe
  • There is little consistency in the decisions of OHIM's Opposition Division, Boards of Appeal and the Court of First Instance regarding pharmaceutical trade marks. But, say Jean L Pire and Sandra R Paulsson, some guidance is now expected from the European Court of Justice
  • In Brussels, everyone is talking about SMEs. Anne Kristine Jensen, project manager for IP and competition at the Stockholm Network, reviews a recent workshop that addressed their needs and activities with regard to IP rights
  • Multinational enterprises often allocate the ownership of IP among their group companies with more regard to legal than to tax issues. Karen Hughes and Domenico Borzumato consider ways in which companies can manage their IP internationally so as to achieve greater tax efficiency
  • Europe's national IP offices. Old, tired and desperate for cash, struggling to find a future in a globalized world used to the efficiencies of one-stop shops? Or streamlined, nimble, consumer-focused operations, providing locally relevant advice at the IP coalface, rather than in far away Munich and Alicante? Emma Barraclough looks at the evidence
  • Musician turned patent enforcer Judah Klausner is lining up law suits against some of America's biggest communications companies. He spoke to Shahnaz Mahmud about his plans, and why he denies being a patent troll