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Customs officers have the power to stop the flow of fakes at China's borders. But if they are to do their job properly, they need far more help from IP owners, says Li Qunying, chief of the IP division in China's Customs administration

The National .es Domain Names Plan approved by Order ITC/1542/2005 on May 19, provides that Spain should set up a system for the friendly settlement of disputes arising in relation .es domains between the owner of that domain and a third party claiming lawful interests in it.

Moratoriums on commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in Australia should be lifted, according to a report prepared by the Agriculture and Food Policy Reference Group (AFPRG) and submitted to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in February 2006.

"2P or not 2P" was scribbled in a coin phone box in the UK in the 1990s and has recently been the title of an article in The Guardian on whether or not the 1p and 2p coins should be taken out of circulation in the UK. While having a different connotation, the same question can equally be asked about the IP rights for plants in Europe. The two types of IP rights for plants which co-exist in Europe, patents and plant variety rights (PVR), overlap in their scope of protection to a considerable extent, although the original intention had been to keep these two Ps separate.

A monthly column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam - who received the world's first recorded patent in 1449

Photos, news and reports from the first IPTEC technology transfer event and conference, held in Cannes in February.

India's law on software patents has undergone a series of changes over the past five years, leaving applicants uncertain about the protection they can get for their computer programs in one of the world's most dynamic IT markets. Arun Singh Negi and Vasundhara Naik outline the government's latest thinking

James Nurton, London

The Ghanaian Trade Marks Act, which came into force on January 1 2004, introduced clear and effective provisions for trade mark protection. The law makes it possible to register service marks, recognizes well-known trade marks and provides for comprehensive civil and criminal remedies against counterfeiting.

Stéphanie Bodoni, London