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IP concerns are increasingly likely to make or break cross-border M&A deals in China. In the second of a two-part series, Catherine Sun provides a step-by-step guide to getting it right

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

If you are a big pharmaceutical company, spending millions of dollars to manage your intellectual property every year, you will want to find the best lawyers to advise you on prosecution and litigation matters. But as Susanne Sivborg, vice-president of global intellectual property at AstraZeneca, tells Stéphanie Bodoni, the most experienced lawyers are no good if they do not respond to her company's needs

Ninety-eight out of every hundred US patents issued by the USPTO contain mistakes, according to a survey released last month.

An acknowledged increase in global patent protection coupled with government incentives to support and use IP as a component for economic growth suggests that more and more companies are looking at IP from a business as well as a legal perspective. However, analyzing a complex patent landscape for an industry that is tipped to be the next hot area remains a daunting task.

The South African Patents Act has been amended to ensure that indigenous communities are adequately compensated when an invention that is sought to be patented in South Africa is derived from biological or genetic resources or traditional knowledge from South Africa.

Patented inventions in Ireland provide a large source of revenue in the pharmaceutical and technology industries. Ireland's tax exemption in respect of certain patent royalties has been one of the driving factors behind investment by multinationals, principally from the US, in the Irish economy. After much recent speculation about the possible removal of the Irish patent exemption from the Irish statute books, in a welcome development, the Irish government in its recent budget retained the tax incentive for companies creating patentable intellectual property in Ireland. In this month's piece we give an overview of the main provisions of the exemption.

Notwithstanding the efforts of the Beijing AIC to strengthen IP enforcement by banning sales of certain well-known brands of goods in the Silk Market and other markets in Beijing, stall operators have continued to offer counterfeits for sale. As a result, Burberry, Chanel, Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Prada joined forces and instituted legal proceedings against five stall operators as well as their landlord Beijing Xiushi Haosen Clothing Market Co Ltd.

Ben Moshinsky, London

An effective and efficient patent application process is the first step in building a valuable portfolio. Eugene J Gierczak and Daryl W Schnurr of Miller Thomson explain Canada's patent framework