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A new law in Mexico City regulates the protection of personality rights. Luis C Schmidt and Abraham Díaz of Olivares & Cia examine the scope of these new rights and explain that some aspects of protection still need to be elaborated

Despite Vietnam's bid for WTO membership and its decision to overhaul its IP legislation, trade mark owners need to be wary of unconventional trade mark practices that could affect their rights. Thomas Treutler offers some practical tips for maximizing protection

New rules on electronic discovery are set to come into force in the US in December, and will have a significant impact on document-intensive IP litigation. Adam Kessel provides a guide to the rules and explains why your electronic documents may reveal more information than you think

The Japanese courts recently vetoed a drug company's efforts to stop generic rivals from selling their products in lookalike packaging. John Tessensohn and Shusaku Yamamoto explain what the trade dress decision means for the pharmaceutical industry in one of the world's most lucrative drugs markets

The .mobi domain name promises IP owners an innovative new way of attracting would-be customers to their websites via their mobile phones. But does the explosion in domain names around the world mean that IP owners are too jaded to care? Shahnaz Mahmud discusses the issues with Pinkard ''Pinky'' Brand, .mobi's director of new markets

Meredith Martin Addy and C Noel Kaman of Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione review recently decided and pending patent cases at the US Supreme Court, and ask what they reveal about the Court's attitude toward the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Emma Barraclough, London

Emma Barraclough, London

Individuals interested in creating an online forum to voice criticism about a particular company's product or service offering often register domain names which incorporate a company's trade mark to be used as so-called gripe sites. These individuals typically claim that their use of a third party's trade mark as part of a domain name constitutes a fair use of that trade mark, thereby creating a legitimate non-commercial interest for the domain name registrant in owning the domain name at issue.

Up until recently, in the UAE, an agency agreement had to be registered at the Commercial Agencies Register at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to be enforceable. This had created a lot of difficulties in the past for foreign companies in terminating agreements where the local agent was not performing under the agreement, as the commercial agency law provided substantial protection to the commercial agents, especially in the context of termination. For example, if the principal terminated an unlimited term commercial agency without cause, the principal was obliged to compensate the agent.