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Stéphanie Bodoni, London

Over recent years in the Middle East, we have seen a massive increase in the use of mobile phone technology and included within that has been the arrival of several operators offering ringtones. So far in the Middle East, most of what has been on offer are polytones and monotones. Truetones are only just now beginning to break into the market place. Polytones and monotones are reproductions of a recording involving a publishing royalty whereas a truetone uses the actual recording of a song. It is becoming pretty popular in the Middle East for a mobile user to download his or her favourite sound recording into a mobile phone to be used for example as an incoming call alert.

In an effort to reduce its backlog of cases, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPhil) is introducing summary procedures for inter partes cases and conducted a public hearing on May 21 2005 to encourage comments on its proposal from practitioners. Inter partes proceedings refer to cancellation of patents, registration of layout design, trade mark registration, trade mark opposition and petition for compulsory licensing.

The Korean National Assembly passed a new bill on May 3 to amend certain provisions of the Korean Patent Act governing restoration of patent rights. This new bill allows patentees to restore their patents in cases where they lapsed because patent annuity fees were not paid. The new law will become effective on September 1 this year.

India's burgeoning biotechnology and IT industries have helped revitalize the country's economy. Shardul S Shroff and Dev Robinson from the law firm of Amarchand Mangaldas explain how the legal landscape has changed

One artist's determination to fight for the moral rights of his work has set new precedents in the area of copyright law. Binny Kalra and Shwetasree Majumdar of Anand and Anand discuss the implications of the case

India recently passed a series of significant amendments to its patent law to meet its WTO obligations. But has it done enough? Manisha Singh of Lex Orbis looks at the facts

India's latest amendment to its Patent Act revolutionized the country's IP regime by introducing a product patent for pharmaceuticals. Ahibhusan De and Uma Baskaran of Krishna and Saurastri explain what the new rules mean in practice

Marcela Waksman Ejnisman and Andreia de Andrade Gomes Moreira de Souza of Tozzini, Freire, Teixeira e Silva Advogados

A recent decision by the European Court of First Instance (CFI) has denied the Irish boy band Westlife registration of the Westlife name as a Community trade mark.