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A recent case heard in the High Court of Singapore has shed some useful light on the issue of proving damage in a trade mark infringement suit.

On September 19 2003, a Decree was published in the Official Gazette of the Federal Government, with amendments to the Regulations of the Health Law as well as to the Regulations of the Law on Industrial Property. The purpose of the amendments is to establish coordination rules between the Ministry of Health and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), in connection with the granting of pharmaceutical product registrations for marketing approval, when the making and/or selling of the product might trigger the infringement of a patent.

In a recent decision in Intel Corporation v Intelcard Systems Sdn Bhd & Others [2004] 1 CLJ 550, Intel Corporation successfully obtained an interim injunction against the defendant who dealt with smart cards and information technology security solutions. The defendant was using the trade name Intelcard Systems Sdn Bhd and registered the domain name www.intelcardsystems.com.

The Free Trade Agreement between Chile and the US has closed a dangerous loophole in Chile's patent protection framework. Juan Pablo Egaña explains how patent holders can make the most of the change

On November 6 2003, Canada became the first country to begin implementation of the WTO Decision regarding the Doha Declaration. Nancy P Pei examines Canada's proposal and what it means for patent holders

There are few reported cases of patent entitlement disputes and yet they can offer an alternative or an addition to claims against employees for breach of confidence. Antony Gold explains the issues involved in bringing entitlement proceedings

In late February 2004, the State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) published its first list of well-known trade marks since the promulgation of the new Trade Mark Law in October 2001. A total of 43 trade marks are listed of which two are foreign marks. These are Gillette (English and Chinese) and Sprite (Chinese). One is a Taiwanese mark and the rest are local marks. The list also sets out the name of the proprietor and the class of goods/services for which the mark is used.

Ron Marchant was appointed chief executive of the UK Patent Office at the beginning of this year. James Nurton spoke to him about the role of national patent offices and patent protection in Europe

Lori Faye Fischler examines the protection available on the internet in the new EU member states, and (opposite) provides an update on internationalized domain names and the .eu domain

The US and Australia's recent free trade agreement will lead to some important changes to Australia’s copyright regime. Campbell Thompson assesses the likely impact of the agreement, and argues that it could be a sign of things to come