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  • As global IP chief for one of the world's largest food and beverage companies, Jackie Leimer has considerable experience of working with private practice law firms. She shares some of her insights with Sam Mamudi
  • Stéphanie Bodoni, London
  • MIP's annual survey of the leading IP firms covers 60 jurisdictions this year, and is the result of five months of research among IP professionals worldwide. James Nurton introduces the first part of the results, and explains how the tables have been compiled
  • Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) are provided under Regulation 1768/92/EEC and extend the lifetime of patents covering medicines by a maximum of five years. In particular they provide compensation for the effectively reduced lifetime of such patents caused by the lengthy marketing approval procedures which have to be followed before new medicines can be launched on the market.
  • As the deadline for the implementation of Europe's enforcement directive looms, Hanne Weywardt and Hea Vinskov examine the lessons from a recent case, involving luxury goods trade marks, in Denmark
  • Legislative changes coupled with recent court decisions have established dilution as viable grounds for opposition across Latin America. But, say Iris Quadrio and Menachem Kaplan, there is still some way to go before the region fully embraces the doctrine
  • Under the European Patent Convention (EPC) divisional applications can be filed. Cascading divisional applications are also allowed. The divisional application must be filed within the time period set out in Rule 25, that is at the latest on the day before grant or rejection (unless the appeal is successful) of the previous (generation divisional) application. Further, although the EPC does not intend to allow it, there is no provision against double patenting.
  • In a recent case, the English Patents Court tried the issue of infringement separately from the issue of validity. While this was a first for the UK, it is normal practice in Düsseldorf and other German courts. Alan Johnson asks whether the hearing is likely to set a precedent and make English trials more like their German counterparts
  • Emma Barraclough, Hong Kong