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Editorial

At a time when more companies and individuals around the world are discovering the value of IP, it seems that for IP owners the search for the best protection systems and infringement defence mechanisms has never been so crucial. The choice is wide. Companies can mediate, arbitrate or go to the courts, though the question of where to litigate has never been more confusing.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2004

Recent biotech decisions at the EPO

Regina Neuefeind and Martin Huenges of Maiwald Patentanwalts GmbH in Munich examine the lessons of some recent biotech decisions from the European Patent Office

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2004

A pitfall with combined US and German patent litigation

Axel von Hellfeld of Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff in Munich examines how the US and German courts treat questions of equivalence, and highlights a key difference between the two systems

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2004

Enforcing patents in Germany

Reinhardt Schuster, of Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler in Munich and Düsseldorf, looks at the advantages of patent infringement litigation in Germany

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2004

Top-notch research makes Munich Europe's IP capital

The reputation of Munich's Max Planck Institute demonstrates why IP is serious business in Germany - but the challenge now is to spread the message beyond the legal and business cognoscenti. James Nurton reports

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2004

Balancing IP rights and competition

Joyce A Tan & Partners in Singapore look at the proposed changes to Singapore's competition regime, and the effect they will have on IP licensing agreements

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2004

Patent protection overhauled

Keith Callinan of Alban Tay Mahtani & De Silva reviews the changes recently made to Singapore's Patents Act, and explains how they will affect applicants

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2004

Courts tackle IP issues

Morris John, Penny Leng and Gerald Koh of Drew & Napier in Singapore review some important patent and trade mark decisions which demonstrate the courts' increasingly stringent stance on IP infringement

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2004

The rise and rise of bioscience

Singapore has gone all out to position itself as an international biotech and pharmaceutical R&D centre. As more and more companies pour money into the island state, Emma Barraclough looks at how Singapore became the darling of the biomedical multinationals

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2004

Singapore's trade mark overhaul explained

July 1 saw the introduction of a new intellectual property regime in Singapore after the country overhauled its rules on patents, trade marks, copyright and protection for plant varieties. Emma Barraclough spoke to Lee Li Choon, director of trade marks at the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and Chiam Lu Lin, IPOS’s assistant director-general of registries, about what the changes to the law mean for IP owners

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2004

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