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The Palais des Festivals in Cannes, which will host IPTEC in February 2006 Todd Dickinson of GE, Ruud Peters of Philips, Marshall Phelps of IBM and Jim Stallings of IBM will be the keynote speakers at a new technology transfer event to be held next February in Cannes, France.

Herb Wamsley, executive director, Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)

Ben Moshinsky, London

On June 21 2005, the Secretary of Health issued Administrative Order Number 2005-0016, entitled General Policies and Guidelines Governing Brand Names of Products for Registration with the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD). BFAD officials are thought to believe that IP issues relating to brand names have impeded their ability to implement effectively the misbranding provisions of Republic Act 3720, known as the Food, Drugs and Devices and Cosmetics Act. The most important features of the new Order are:

Emma Barraclough, Hong Kong and Sam Mamudi, New York

Indian politicians are discussing whether to make another amendment to the country's patent rules. On June 20 2005, the government notified the Patents (Second Amendment) Rules, 2005. It was widely expected that the draft Rules would reverse the exorbitant hike in the filing fee introduced in a previous amendment to the Rules.

Stéphanie Bodoni, London

Singapore's government could soon consolidate the way that it regulates medicines and other health-related products. At the moment, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Singapore's equivalent of the US Food And Drug Administration (FDA), regulates medicines and other health-related products. The HSA's powers are contained in a wide variety of legislation, such as the Medicines Act, the Poisons Act, the Sale of Drugs Act and the Medicines (Advertisement and Sale) Act. Through these laws, the HSA controls the manufacture, import, distribution, promotion and sale of health-related products in Singapore.

Any truly international IP owner has to keep up-to-date with enforcement developments in the Americas, both North and South. In many areas, form patentability to copyright, the US courts have set standards that have been followed in the region and throughout the world. This year, the Supreme Court has produced two IP-related judgments, which MIP's Americas editor Sam Mamudi analyzes in the introduction. One focuses on the safe harbour for researchers who use patented compounds; the other on the topical issue of music downloads.

Sam Mamudi, New York