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Kathryn Harrison of Watermark explains how IP owners can maximize their chances of getting their trade marks registered in Australia and outlines the most effective strategies for handling objections

Ben Moshinsky, London

IP owners should pick and choose from the range of enforcement options open to them in Australia to ensure their strategy is as effective as possible. Jim Dwyer and Miriam Stiel of Allens Arthur Robinson outline the choices

Stéphanie Bodoni, London

EPO Patent Information Conference 2005 / PATINNOVA,

Several journalism incidents over the summer have left a big question mark as to where the line is drawn in relation to freedom of the press in the UAE. Early in June, a female reporter for a prominent daily English newspaper was on her way to Greece when she was stopped at the airport and informed that there was a warrant for her arrest. The warrant was prompted by an article she had written in February about a man who was reportedly slashing women in the nearby Emirate of Sharjah. The police said a victim had raised a complaint against the reporter but it soon became clear that the arrest was made by the Sharjah police who later contended that her article may have helped the attacker escape by alerting him to their investigation.

On September 26 2005, China's State Administration of Industry and Commerce promulgated the new Trade Mark Review and Adjudication Rules. These will come into effect on October 26 2005. The rules were last amended three years ago in September 2002.

Recent changes to the provisions on threats in UK patent law have created a more flexible system for patent owners and lawyers. But similar changes are now also needed for trade marks and design rights. Rachel Montagnon and Joel Smith provide an overview

The tide of franchising regulation continues to sweep across Europe as Belgium brings its new franchise disclosure law into effect. Mark Abell argues that this latest initiative makes it more likely that other EU states will follow the same path

Rights owners used to face difficulties in obtaining evidence from non-public sources to prove infringement in Germany. But, as Reinhardt Schuster, Tilman Müller-Stoy and Birgit Strube explain, recent case law, in particular in Düsseldorf, is changing that practice