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"Today we are putting our most valuable intellectual property on the table so we can put technical compliance issues to rest and move forward with a serious discussion about the substance of this case." That was how Brad Smith, Microsoft's senior vice-president and general counsel, explained the company's decision to license parts of its Windows source code to competitors on January 25.

Translation of priority documents no longer required From January 1 2006, patent applicants are no longer required to provide Korean translations of priority documents unless requested to do so by an examiner at the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) or a trial examiner at KIPO's Intellectual Property Tribunal. Applications where the deadline for submitting a Korean translation of priority documents expires on or after January 1 2006 will be subject to this new rule. As a result, foreign applicants will benefit from substantially lower patent filing costs in Korea because they will no longer need to pay translation costs.

As many observers predicted, WTO members made little progress at their ministerial meeting in December. Does the Organization still have a role to play in setting global IP rules? Emma Barraclough reports from Hong Kong

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

Ben Moshinsky, London

Sorting out who owns what in when a licensing partner goes bust can be a tricky business. Andrew Jones of Sim Lowman Ashton & McKay looks at cases that have shaped the rights and obligations of parties in such cases

Opposition proceedings were introduced into Canada's trade mark legislation just over 50 years ago. While the opposition process functioned relatively well for the first few decades, such has not been the case recently. Gary Partington and Coleen Morrison of Marks & Clerk examine what changes lie ahead

A number of pivotal copyright decisions were handed down last year, establishing precedent-setting rules for rights owners in Canada, says Brian W Gray of McCarthy Tétrault

Knowing what can be protected under trade mark legislation is key to devising a strategy to protect your company's name and product. Kamleh Nicola, Andrea Kokonis and Lisa Allegro of Torys explain the rules for prospective applicants

In an age of increasing globalization, Canada's courts have crafted a copyright jurisprudence that brings the country closer to the US in particular says Robert Howell of the University of Victoria