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Six months after Italy's new IP Code came into force, a series of provisions have become enforceable in Italy concerning legal actions and matters that can be referred to arbitration. Davide Luigi Petraz of GLP provides a detailed outline of the new provisions

The success of technology transfer for universities in the US has prompted other governments to introduce or reform their laws governing licensing, as James Nurton and Emma Barraclough explain

In the 25 years since the Bayh-Dole Act was passed, technology transfer between universities and private companies has skyrocketed. Sam Mamudi examines how the Act has helped universities to create some of the most successful inventions in the US

Emma Barraclough, Hong Kong

Registrations of the new .eu domain names started on December 7 2005. To protect the interests of brand owners and companies there is a sunrise period in which they will be allowed to apply for .eu domain names corresponding to their trade marks and company names. The general public will have to wait until 7 April 2006 before they can make applications. It is hoped that this head start will help to prevent a flood of abusive registrations by cybersquatters, but brand owners and companies must act quickly to take full advantage of it.

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) recently announced it will provide a new system called the Korean Patent Information Online Network (K-PION) from November 2005. As such, foreign patent offices can now access English translations of Korean patent documents through K-PION.

The Full Court of the Australian Federal Court recently took an expansive view of the bounds of obviousness in a lengthy decision on the Viagra patent litigation between Pfizer and Eli Lilly (Pfizer Overseas Pharmaceuticals v Eli Lilly and Company [2005] FCAFC 224).

Autocontrol is a private Spanish association whose members are many of the leading advertisers, advertising agencies and mass media. One of its objects is resolving disputes and matters arising in connection with specific advertising.

On April 1 2005, the Singapore authorities amended the patent rules. The amendment was intended to clarify the deadlines for the various search and examination options for patent applications filed in Singapore. The search and examination options include traditional substantive examination as well as reliance on prescribed information from a corresponding foreign patent.

The British Horseracing Board (BHB) has received a welcome endorsement of its overseas data supply contracts in recent proceedings taken against it by Irish bookmakers. The proceedings went to trial in the second week of November in the Irish Commercial Court before Justice Kelly. The group of independent Irish bookmakers representing 357 bookmaking shops were seeking repayment of about €20m that had been paid by them under a contract for the supply of elements of the BHB's pre race data. A settlement was reached on day two of the trial that involved the repayment claim being dropped in its entirety, and an affirmation by the bookmakers of the contracts under which the data had been supplied to them since 2002.